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The Partnership for Health in the Criminal Justice System is a platform to discuss and share good practice in all areas of prison health. With contributions from partners representing the main areas of the field, the platform will be a vital resource for policy-makers, researchers and members of the public who are interested in learning more about how to improve the health of prisoners and staff.
Queen’s University Belfast, SEHSCT, NIPS. Award winning co-produced video encouraging a positive approach to looking after sexual health by attending checkups.
Questionnaire currently implemented in 8 countries for conducting prison and drug surveys in prison. It is a model questionnaire which allows cross country comparison in the analysis of drug and prison data in Europe. It is accompanied by methodological guidelines, including recommendation on method and ethical principles for prison research.
An independent review of progress to date and priorities for further development.
This is the second briefing from the Bradley Commission, reporting on areas that were under-developed in the Bradley Report from 2009. The first briefing looked at the needs of black and minority ethnic (BME) communities, then this second briefing will focus on young adults, and the third brief will focus on people with personality disorders.
This template provides a description of a standard prison health needs assessment report for an adult (18 years and over).This needs assessment can then be used by commissioners in addressing the health needs of the prison.
Four years on from the Bradley Report, the first report from the Bradley Commission, Black and Minority Ethnic communities, mental health and Criminal justice, is published. The Commission asked Centre for Mental Health to report on areas that were under-developed in the Bradley Report, beginning with the needs of black and minority ethnic (BME) communities.
This project was funded by the European Union to prevent HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis (TB) through increased detection, treatment and care of prisoners living with HIV/AIDS or TB.
The evaluation of the outcome of the pilot opioid substitution therapy programme in Penitentiary Institution No. 47 in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan took place in 2009–2010. The programme's participants consisted of 84 patients enrolled in methadone maintenance therapy. Assessments were carried out at baseline and after 3 and 6 months. Instruments adopted by WHO, translated into Russian and applied in earlier opioid substitution therapy outcome studies, were used.
The "START Plus" model is a transitional client management programme for prisoners preparing for release and those who have just been released. The model was first introduced by AIDS Foundation East-West (AFEW) in central Asia.
