Medications
New research aims to make prescribing of medication safer for people in prison
Manchester-based researchers have taken an important step towards making it safer for people in prison who are prescribed medication.
Nov 3, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Contract treatment found to reduce recidivism and substance-related adverse health events
Substance use disorder treatment in the community is a superior alternative to incarceration for offenders with a substance misuse background, according to a recent study published in BMC Psychiatry that evaluated the effectiveness ...
May 6, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Health experts, activists urge 'decarceration' to slow pandemic
Members of the Yale and local activist communities are coming together to urge Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont to depopulate the state's prisons to combat the spread of COVID-19 and protect the state's most vulnerable populations ...
May 13, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Lowering drug costs for hepatitis C would increase treatment in prisons, researchers suggest
More hepatitis C virus (HCV) treatment in correctional facilities, a possibility if medication costs were to drop, is essential to controlling the hepatitis C epidemic in the US, according to researchers from the Rollins ...
May 21, 2018
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Addiction
Study finds test to assist prisoners could provide health system relief
A study led by The University of Western Australia has found a simple screening test to identify at-risk prisoners could reduce hospitalizations related to substance use, providing relief for a health system already under ...
Oct 24, 2023
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Health
Black male incarceration can compromise research studies
Federal restrictions on including prisoners in medical research have negatively impacted research involving black men, who are disproportionately imprisoned, according to a study by Yale School of Medicine researchers. Because ...
May 6, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
US prisons a potential coronavirus 'tinderbox'
As the United States grapples with the coronavirus pandemic, there is concern not only for the elderly but also for another vulnerable population: prisoners.
Mar 19, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
More than half the Aussie prison population report a mental health diagnosis
More than half of prison entrants surveyed for the 6th survey on the health of people in Australian prisons said they had been previously diagnosed with a mental health condition and many reported a family history of incarceration.
Nov 14, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Concerns grow as cholera spreads through Haiti's prisons
A nonprofit organization on Tuesday called on Haiti's government to release certain inmates amid a swift rise in cholera cases throughout the country's severely crowded prison system and dwindling supplies of clean water.
Oct 11, 2022
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Health
Released prisoners are more likely to suffer early death
Men who have been incarcerated and released are more than twice as likely to die prematurely as those who have not been imprisoned, according to a new study published by Georgia State University criminologist William Alex ...
May 13, 2014
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