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Testimonials
To make improvements in prison systems and to contribute to the achievement of better health and well-being for people in prison, it is important to listen to the voices of people who are, or have been, inside prisons.
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Photo gallery - Community health, personal hygiene, first aid and well-being in Ireland’s prisons
Community-based Health and First Aid in prisons is an “action learning” approach to prison health and well-being that changes not only the health behaviour but also the outlook of the volunteers involved.
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Photo story - Prisons and health
Prisons are not healthy places. WHO/Europe works with countries and partners to improve the health of prisoners. Good prison health reduces reoffending, the social costs of imprisonment, and public health expenditure.
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Video - Improving health for people in prisons
Why is working for improving health for people in prisons not only the right thing to do - but the wise thing to do? Listen to Dr. Éamonn O’Moore, Director at Public Health England, and the UK Collaborating Centre for WHO Health in Prisons Programme (European Region), elaborate on this topic.
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Video - Infectious diseases among women in a prison context
Listen to Dr. Ehab Salah from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime inform about infectious diseases among women in a prison context.
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Video - Risk of contracting HIV in the prison population
What is the risk of contracting HIV in the prison population as compared to that in the general population? Elena Voskresenskaya, Regional Director at AIDS Foundation East-West, can tell you more.
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Video - Drug use among prisoners and treatment for drug users in the prison setting
Are you interested in the topic of drug use among prisoners and treatment for drug users in the prison setting? Linda Montanari from the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction is an expert.
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Video - Azerbaijan prison
According to the national penitentiary system , there are around 20 000 prisoners in Azerbaijan. 2500 men are in the Baku Remand Prison, which opened in 2008.
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Video - Denmark prison
Prison sentences are short in Denmark and the prison population rate is one of the lowest in Europe.
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Video - Kyrgyzstan prison
Although conditions have improved since 2002, the lack of resources and the lack of close links between public health and prison health services have led to a number of very concrete problems.
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Video - Is a prison sentence always the solution?
A new short animated film from Penal Reform International (PRI), looks at the damaging impact of the unnecessary use of imprisonment around the world and makes the case for greater use of non-custodial measures.
