Prisons and health: Partnership for Health in the Criminal Justice System
The Partnership for Health in the Criminal Justice System website provides prison health-related resources supplied by WHO/Europe and partner organizations. It covers prison health information in the fields of: human rights and medical ethics, communicable diseases, noncommunicable diseases, risk factors and prison health management.
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People in prisons should not be left behind amid COVID-19 vaccination
People living and working in prisons should not be neglected as national programmes of COVID-19 vaccination roll out across the WHO European Region and globally. That is the main message of a recent article published by WHO/Europe in the Lancet journal.
Data resources
- World Prison Brief database
- EMCDDA data on drug use in prison and drug law offences
- CPT database
- HIPED database
- WEPHREN
Key publications
Preparedness, prevention and control of COVID-19 in prisons and other places of detention: interim guidance, 8 February 2021
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People in prison are deprived of their freedom - they should not be deprived of their health
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Daniel Rowan: “Continuity of care will improve as we come to understand more clearly the people we are serving.”
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Partners
WHO/Europe works closely with organizations to promote health and tackle health inequalities in correctional settings. These organizations contribute significantly through information dissemination, networking and good practice sharing.
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