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Download the presentation from the ICPA Webinar “Reducing Reoffending and Enabling Reintegration”. This talk, which was to be presented at the postponed UN Crime Prevention Congress in Kyoto, April 2020, argues that, in order to reduce re-offending, it is crucial to enable reintegration. Indeed, this should be a core function of penal systems, yet these systems are often dis-integrative in their approaches and practices. After briefly reviewing evidence both about ‘what works’ and about desistance from crime and what supports it, Fergus explores the implications for rethinking our approaches to prisons, probation and other services. He concludes with some thoughts about how we might best use research and evaluation to reform criminal justice
(952.97 KB) | 7. May 2020 | Author: Aleksandar Petrov, Communications Officer, ICPA
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ARTICLE 9: MANAGING INMATES WITH MENTAL DISORDERS: THE PSYCHIATRIC HOUSING UNIT IN SINGAPORE PRISON SERVICE Rashida Mohamed Zain, Georgina Tay, Jessie Yeung, Rossheema Binte Haniff & Padma D/O Jairam Inmates with mental disorders present as a population that requires extensive resources to manage and treat. Furthermore, these individuals tend to commit disciplinary infractions and reoffend at a higher rate than the mainstream incarcerated population. This poses a challenge to correctional facilities all over the world and best practices on the management and treatment of this specialised population are widely sought after. In 2011, the Psychiatric Housing Unit under the Singapore Prison Service (SPS) commenced operations with the admission of inmates […]
(1.94 MB) | 27. April 2020 | Author: Aleksandar Petrov, Communications Officer, ICPA
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ARTICLE 8: RAVENHALL CORRECTIONAL CENTRE: THE MASTER PLANNING AND ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN OF A MULTIFACETED, PEOPLE-ORIENTED PRISON FOR MEN WITH COMPLEX PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS IN VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA Elizabeth Grant People with mental health issues are vastly overrepresented in the Australian prison system. This paper discusses the master planning and design of Ravenhall Correctional Centre in Victoria, Australia to increase outcomes for male prisoners living with physical, mental health disability and other conditions. Major innovations in the design of Ravenhall Correctional Centre have included a forensic mental health unit on site, and the master planning of the prison into separate communities with a variety of housing types to provide prisoners […]
(684.75 KB) | 27. April 2020 | Author: Aleksandar Petrov, Communications Officer, ICPA
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ARTICLE 7: MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY IN CANADIAN FEDERAL PRISONS: A PRISON OMBUDSMAN’S PERSPECTIVE Ivan Zinger & Emad E. Talisman This article looks at the challenges faced by the federal correctional system in Canada as it responds to a growing population of inmates with mental health needs. Adopting the position that access to mental health care is a human rights issue, the article situates the legal, policy, and operational contexts (and constraints) in which mental health services are delivered in Canadian federal prisons. It then offers some reflections on prison health care reform in Canada, and how these reforms measure up to international standards, specifically, the Mandela Rules. The article […]
(282.79 KB) | 27. April 2020 | Author: Aleksandar Petrov, Communications Officer, ICPA
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ARTICLE 6: ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN FOR MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT: PRELIMINARY FINDINGS OF SERVICE PROVISION USING A SPACE, LAYOUT, AND SETTING FRAMEWORK Victor J. St. John In the United States, jails have become the largest mental health institutions and have come under public scrutiny regarding the accessibility and quality of the mental health services provided. Research supports that the architectural design of a correctional facility influences the behaviors and wellbeing of an incarcerated person, including the treatment and services received while incarcerated. This pilot study utilizes the Space, Layout, and Setting (SLS) framework to investigate the impact of New York City’s jail design on an incarcerated person’s access to mental health services. […]
(293.48 KB) | 27. April 2020 | Author: Aleksandar Petrov, Communications Officer, ICPA
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ARTICLE 5: IRISH EX-PRISONER REFLECTIONS ON THEIR PSYCHOLOGICAL WELLBEING WHILST IN PRISON IN ENGLAND AND WALES Paul Gavin Over the past 25 years the prison population of England and Wales has doubled and this has resulted in a significant proportion of the prisoner population suffering from mental ill-health. This paper considers the position of an under-researched group within the prison population in England and Wales, that of the Irish prisoner population. 37 semi-structured interviews were undertaken with recently released (within 2 years) Irish prisoners in England and Wales who were asked to reflect on their experiences of incarceration. It considers how themes of depression, paranoia and fear, and loneliness and […]
(113.89 KB) | 27. April 2020 | Author: Aleksandar Petrov, Communications Officer, ICPA
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ARTICLE 4: MENTAL HEALTH IN A REPRESENTATIVE COHORT OF PRISONERS IN NEW ZEALAND CORRECTIONS-ANALYSIS OF SEVERITY OF NEED AND ETHNICITY DIFFERENCES Nick J. Wilson, Jill Lane, Shaun Sullivan, Emerald O’Neill-Murchison, & Suzette Poole The focus of this article is research carried out into the mental health needs for those imprisoned at three prison sites in the New Zealand Corrections, Central Region. The picture of mental health needs from mild to serious was created to inform the services for New Zealand’s only within the wire dedicated 100 bed mental health facility, currently under construction. The review of mental health needs for the 2,000 men placed into these prison settings covered a […]
(340.94 KB) | 27. April 2020 | Author: Aleksandar Petrov, Communications Officer, ICPA
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ARTICLE 3: COMMUNITY TRANSITION FROM THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM FOR OLDER ADULTS WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA – A PILOT STUDY Erin Hubbard & Heather Leutwyler Older adults with schizophrenia who are involved in the criminal justice system have unique circumstances around community re-entry. The purpose of this paper is to describe the impact of programs and services addressing symptom management and transition to community integration for people with schizophrenia that have a history of criminal justice involvement in the United States and are currently successfully living in the community. An exploratory secondary analysis of semi-structured individual interviews was conducted with 7 older adults (mean age 59, sd= 2.9, range 56-65) with schizophrenia. […]
(93.02 KB) | 27. April 2020 | Author: Aleksandar Petrov, Communications Officer, ICPA
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ARTICLE 2: THE ROLE OF MENTAL HEALTH RISK FACTORS IN PREDICTING PAROLEE PERFORMANCE IN THE COMMUNITY: AN EMPIRICAL EXAMINATION IN A LARGE US JURISDICTION Vîlcicâ, E. Rely, Kimberly Houser, & Veronica Nelson Correctional facilities hold a disproportioned percentage of society’s mentally ill. Research also shows that incarcerated individuals afflicted with mental health disorders are more likely to be charged with prison infractions and to serve longer periods of incarceration. Despite deeply rooted stereotypes, the research is mixed, however, on whether mental illness is a risk factor for criminal behavior. Yet, individuals with mental health problems tend to fare worse in criminal justice risk assessments. This study specifically addresses the role […]
(232.42 KB) | 27. April 2020 | Author: Aleksandar Petrov, Communications Officer, ICPA
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ARTICLE 1: AN OVERVIEW OF BEST PRACTICE STRATEGIES FOR MANAGING AND TREATING THE MENTALLY ILL IN CORRECTIONS Frank J. Porporino This paper outlines some possible practical responses to the challenge of managing the mentally ill in corrections. Part I helps us contextualize the issue, especially as it pertains to the origins and prevalence of the problem of the mentally ill in corrections. Part II then attempts to sketch out some current best practice examples of: (a) appropriate and encompassing evidence-informed policies and strategies for dealing with the mentally ill and other special needs offenders; (b) programmatic alternatives, before imprisonment as diversionary measures, during incarceration and after release into the community, […]
(905.62 KB) | 27. April 2020 | Author: Aleksandar Petrov, Communications Officer, ICPA
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