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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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As this Edition of Advancing Corrections is released, the world will likely still be suffering from an unparalleled ‘collective’ mental health crisis. Other than the deniers among us who choose to remain blissfully uninformed or misinformed, the spread of an invisible virus has slammed most of us into a state of acute and uncomfortable mental distress – fear, anxiety, depression, isolation, loneliness and even paranoia and panic. Millions of us have had to endure (or perhaps are still enduring) home confinement, separation from family and friends, boredom, restlessness, and gnawing uncertainty. We can ‘feel’ what it is doing to us. But, of course, there are millions of people we confine […]
(6.71 MB) | 27. April 2020 | Author: Aleksandar Petrov, Communications Officer, ICPA
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This year, PRI’s flagship publication Global Prison Trends, published alongside the Thailand Institute of Justice, has been released at a crucial time as prisons worldwide are being pushed to breaking point by the COVID-19 pandemic. Global Prison Trends 2020 documents the chronic issues that have led to this human rights and public health crisis and the challenges facing criminal justice systems in responding to the global pandemic.
(2.45 MB) | 23. April 2020 | Author: Aleksandar Petrov, Communications Officer, ICPA
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