Mental health

January 18, 2022

Years in the Row

Analysis Comparative study

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Some people fear death every morning. Others are sentenced to death in countries that no longer carry out executions. At least 483 executions were documented in 2020. Prison Insider publishes an overview of practices in nine countries that have not abolished the death penalty. Read more

January 10, 2022

United States: inadequate mental health treatment

Analysis Opinion

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Dr. Tasnova Malek works in the National Suicidal Prevention Center and as a medical reviewer for Sunshine Behavioral Health. Here she discusses the prevalence of mental illness among prisoners and highlights the inability of prison facilities to meet their needs. Read Dr. Malek’s insights. Read more

January 6, 2022

Austria: Final destination, Göllersdorf

Investigations

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In a tiny village in Lower Austria lies one of the country’s “special institutions for mentally abnormal, unsound offenders”. Journalist Sarah Yolanda Koss dives into the everyday life of those imprisoned in the Göllersdorfer castle. Read more

January 3, 2022

España: La realidad invisible de los presos con trastornos mentales: "Prisión y salud mental son antagónicos"

News

Europe Mental health Spain

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December 6, 2021

Suisse : Hans Wolff, “Avec la pandémie, le risque suicidaire a explosé en prison“

News

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October 28, 2021

España: Navarra implantará en la cárcel de Pamplona programas sobre salud mental e igualdad de género

News

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October 17, 2021

Switzerland: walling up madness

Analysis Comparative study

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October 17, 2021

Spain: walling up madness

Analysis Comparative study

Europe Access to legal rights Discipline Mental health Drugs Material conditions Spain

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October 17, 2021

England and Wales: walling up madness

Analysis Comparative study

Europe Access to legal rights Discipline Mental health Drugs Material conditions United Kingdom

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September 10, 2021

India: rules laid down to prevent inmate suicide in jail

News

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Preventive measures could have been taken to protect former prisoners who committed suicide, said a 16-point circular sent by the director general to all jail authorities on Wednesday. According to this order, all wells inside the jail should be fenced withgrated doors and locks. The jail authorit1

Source — The Times Of India

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September 9, 2021

Belgium: “prison isn’t a place for care”

Interview

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Incarcerated people are often in worse physical and mental health than the general population. I.Care has been visiting prisons since 2015. Read more

July 15, 2021

Malta: Prime minister has full faith In prison director after inmate’s death

News

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Speaking in a press conference earlier today, Abela said that he also backed the magisterial inquiry into the incident – and would wait for its conclusion before taking a position on the fatal incident. A magisterial inquiry was opened soon after the inmate’s suicide attempt on 16th June. She had l1

Source — Lovinmalta

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July 1, 2021

España: la Comunitat tendrá el mayor psiquiátrico penitenciario de España, con 500 internos

News

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June 24, 2021

United States: addressing the structural inequalities underlying a failing prison health system

Analysis Opinion

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ICPR and Prison Insider asked several experts worldwide to share their insights in the framework of the project ‘Understanding and reducing the use of imprisonment in 10 countries’. Homer Venters is a physician and epidemiologist working at the intersection of incarceration, health and human rights1 Read more

June 22, 2021

Africa: informal governance and healthcare access in prison

Analysis Opinion

Africa Discipline Health Mental health Material conditions Facilities Overcrowding

ICPR and Prison Insider asked several experts worldwide to share their insights in the framework of the project ‘Understanding and reducing the use of imprisonment in 10 countries’. Carole Berrih, a lawyer specialising in public law, focuses on the role of prisoners in the maintenance of order in N1 Read more

June 21, 2021

Madagascar : The right to health must not be "forgotten behind bars"

Analysis Opinion

Access to legal rights Health Mental health Overcrowding Madagascar

ICPR and Prison Insider asked several experts worldwide to share their insights in the framework of the project ‘Understanding and reducing the use of imprisonment in 10 countries’. Tamara Léger draws on her previous research experience to highlight the severe impact of prison overcrowding on healt1 Read more

June 17, 2021

The Netherlands: "Going Dutch" – taking care of forensic mental healthcare

Analysis Opinion

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ICPR and Prison Insider asked several experts worldwide to share their insights in the framework of the project ‘Understanding and reducing the use of imprisonment in 10 countries’. Michiel van de Wolf discusses the Dutch approach for dealing with those considered as mentally disordered offenders. Read more

June 14, 2021

Life imprisonment: a sentence in dire need of reform

Analysis Opinion

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ICPR and Prison Insider asked several experts worldwide to share their insights in the framework of the project ‘Understanding and reducing the use of imprisonment in 10 countries’. In this piece, Olivia Rope, Executive Director of Penal Reform International (PRI), discusses life sentences, a key p1 Read more

June 10, 2021

Malta: Faculty for Social Wellbeing dean calls for end to solitary confinement in Malta’s prison

News

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The Office of the Dean of the Faculty for Social Wellbeing at the University of Malta has issued a position paper calling for the end to solitary confinement in the country. “The practice of Solitary Confinement has been shown, through multiple empirical research publications, to be detrimental to1

Source — Maltatoday

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June 9, 2021

France : en prison, on se suicide dans l’indifférence

News

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June 2, 2021

Understanding and reducing the use of imprisonment in ten countries

Comparative study

Africa Pre-trial detention Elderly prisoners Asia Europe Access to legal rights Health Mental health Drugs Material conditions Overcrowding Social ties

The Institute for Crime & Justice Policy Research (ICPR) partnered with Prison Insider to share the results of one of its most extensive research projects. We invite you to learn about it below. The world has seen unprecedented growth in prison populations in recent decades and today well ove1 Read more

May 27, 2021

España: los suicidios en las cárceles aumentan con la pandemia

News

Europe Mental health Suicide Spain

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March 22, 2021

New Zealand: prison suicide attempt response suggests 'systemic issues'

News

Oceania Mental health Violence New Zealand

Documents obtained by RNZ shows Auckland Women’s Prison planned to keep Mihi Bassett in a segregation unit known as the pound “indefinitely” - breaking laws governing how, and how long, prisoners can be held there. Guards also threatened to pepper-spray her minutes after she attempted suicide. In o1

Source — RNZ News

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March 1, 2021

Irán: recluso sometido a 60 azotes y en riesgo de amputación tras intento de suicidio

News

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