...Diksha Sapkota; Zara Hurst; Brigitte Braddock; Janet Ransley; Tara Renae McGee; Susan Dennison Purpose Despite growing recognition of substantial health-care needs among women involved with the criminal justice system ( CJS ), the patterns of health-care utilisation in this population remain under...

...Maria Regina Hechanova; Mariel Rizza C. Tee; Trixia Anne C. Co; Benjamin Ryan M. Rañeses III Purpose Women are exposed to vulnerabilities that can lead to drug use or hinder recovery. However, there is a dearth of studies on recovery programs for women. This study aims to add to the literature...

... of women’s health and their follow-up incomplete. Prison health care workers should also follow up on women’s health and pregnancy hygiene after their release because there is usually a high prevalence of STIs in prisoners. Practical implications The findings highlight the importance of improving...

...Flore Deboscker; Mathieu Nacher; Antoine Adenis; Florence Huber; Aude Lucarelli; Laura Asensio; Marie Daniel; Vanessa Schiemsky; Timothee Bonifay Purpose Incarcerated women are a vulnerable population in terms of sexual and reproductive health. In French Guiana, most incarcerated women come from...

...Marie Claire Van Hout Purpose The purpose of this paper was to conduct a legal realist assessment of women’s situation in European immigration detention which focuses on relevant international and European human rights instruments applicable to conditions and health rights in detention settings...

...Rosemary Mhlanga-Gunda; Stephanie Kewley; Nehemiah Chivandikwa; Marie-Claire Van Hout Purpose The Sub-Saharan African (SSA) region remains at the epicentre of the HIV epidemic and disproportionately affecting women, girls and prisoners. Women in prison are a minority group and their special health...

...Luis Gadama; Chrissie Thakwalakwa; Chimwemwe Mula; Victor Mhango; Chikosa Banda; Stephanie Kewley; Alyson Hillis; Marie-Claire Van Hout Purpose Sub-Saharan African prisons have seen a substantial increase in women prisoners, including those incarcerated with children. There is very little...

...Ruth Elwood Martin; Debra Hanson; Christine Hemingway; Vivian Ramsden; Jane Buxton; Alison Granger‐Brown; Lara‐Lisa Condello; Ann Macaulay; Patti Janssen; T. Gregory Hislop Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe the development, by incarcerated women who were members of a prison...

.... Design/methodology/approach The sample consisted of 101 female prisoners, with 309 male prisoners for comparison. The methods included interviews, the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM‐IV Axis I, II Disorders and medical examination including ICD‐10 diagnoses. Findings Among women, 78 per cent...

...R. Elwood Martin; K. Murphy; D. Hanson; C. Hemingway; V Ramsden; J Buxton; A. Granger‐Brown; L‐L. Condello; M. Buchanan; N. Espinoza‐Magana; G. Edworthy; T. G. Hislop This paper describes the development of a unique prison participatory research project, in which incarcerated women formed...

...Patricia O’Brien; Robin Bates A survey of 166 women exiting prison in a large mid‐western U.S. state examined the extent to which demographics, family history and relationships, institutional experiences, offence history, and physical and emotional needs were associated with re‐arrest one year...

...Deborah Wilmoth This paper will present the mental health needs that women in prison have, both in terms of the mental health problems they have prior to going into prison and those that they may develop while in prison. These issues will be discussed in the context of the international research...

...Shulamith Lala A Straussner; Norma Kolko Phillips Research has validated the crucial aspect of empathy in effective clinical practice. Empathy requires the identification of the helping professional with the emotional experience of the client. However, in their work with women offenders, clinicians...

...Ray Travers; Sue Reeves The Primrose Project has been developed, as part of the Dangerous People with Severe Personality Disorder (DSPD) programme in England and Wales, to specifically address the complex needs of women prisoners who pose a significant danger to the public. It has been recognised...

...Odd Lindberg Women represent approximately 6% of the prison population of Sweden (total ‐ 5000). This article presents a study of female inmates in the closed prison for women, Hinseberg, in Sweden. The study examines the inmates and staff culture on the basis of concepts such as interaction...