Background People who experience incarceration are characterised by poor health profiles.
Clarification of the disease burden in the prison population can inform service and policy …

Background Suicide is a leading cause of death during imprisonment. This systematic
review aimed to synthesise available evidence of prison suicide incidence worldwide …

Purpose Research suggests that women in prison have more mental health problems than
men and are prone to suffer from more severe psychiatric disorders. This study utilizes …

Background Overdose is the leading cause of death for people released from prison, and
opioid agonist treatment is associated with reductions in mortality after imprisonment …

Background Many people who enter prison have recently used drugs in the community, a
substantial portion of whom will continue to do so while incarcerated. To date, little is known …

Aim. Drug abuse and addiction are major public health concerns, with millions of people
worldwide affected by the negative consequences of drug use. To better understand this …

Objective: Competence to proceed (CTP) is a constitutional protection intended to facilitate
fairness and dignity of court proceedings. Researchers have estimated that between 60,000 …

Background About a third of people use drugs during their incarceration, which is associated
with multiple adverse health and criminal justice outcomes. Many studies have examined …

Background Mental health disorders are common among people in prison, but their
prevalence in the Scandinavian prison population remain unclear. In this multinational …

Background Community sentences are widely used in many countries, often comprising the
majority of criminal justice sanctions. Psychiatric disorders are highly prevalent in community …