Prison

About: Prison is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 25120 publications have been published within this topic receiving 470474 citations. The topic is also known as: jail & gaol.

Incarceration, Addiction and Harm Reduction: Inmates Experience Injecting Drugs in Prison

Abstract: Within Canadian prisons HIV/AIDS is becoming more common among inmates. While injection drug use in correctional facilities is documented to be a problem, qualitative research into the HIV risks faced by inmates is lacking. The goal of this research was to qualitatively examine HIV risk associated with injecting inside British Columbia prisons. A sample of 26 former male inmates who had recently used drugs within correctional facilities were recruited from a ongoing cohort study of injection drug users in Vancouver, Canada. Data for this study were collected through in-depth interviews conducted in 2001/2002. Analysis of these data involved identifying emergent themes and then exploring these central concepts in further interviews to confirm the accuracy of interpretation. The harms normally associated with drug addiction, and injection drug use are exacerbated in prison. Interpersonal relationships and the possession of exchangeable resources determine access to scarce syringes. The scarcity of syringes has resulted in patterns of sharing amongst large numbers of persons. Continual reuse of scarce syringes poses serious health hazards and bleach distribution is an inadequate solution. The findings of this study emphasize the need for effective harm reduction programs that provide an appropriate response to the problem of injection drug use among inmates.

Women in Transition: From Prison To...

Abstract: Over the past twenty years there has been significant development in theories and perspectives driving post-release (re-entry) approaches and work. On the whole, as with most other criminal justice theories and frameworks, these have been informed by the male experience of prison and release and have been imported to the Australian context largely from the United Kingdom and North America. These theoretical frames, like desistance, and approaches like throughcare and addressing criminogenic needs are then imposed upon women's transitional, post-release lives. These generalised approaches also, almost entirely, ignore the majority of women prisoners because they do not address very short sentence and remand prisoners; the large number of women with combined and multiple mental health and substance abuse disorders and cognitive disability; or the marginal space from which most come and to which most return. This article reflects critically on these imposed approaches in Australia and New South Wales (NSW) as they apply to women and brings suggestions from the ground up, using new work on the expressed needs and experiences of Aboriginal women prisoners, as well as other work on women being released from prison in Australia.

How should inmates be released from prison? An assessment of parole versus fixed-sentence regimes

Abstract: Over the past thirty years, many states have abolished parole boards, which traditionally have had the discretion to release inmates before the expiration of their full sentence, in favor of xed-sentence regimes in which the original sentence is binding. However, if prison time lowers recidivism risk and if parole boards can accurately estimate inmates’ recidivism risk, then, relative to a xed-sentence regime, parole can provide allocativeeciency benets (costly prison space is allocated to the highest-risk oenders)

The Effects of Prison-Based Educational Programming on Recidivism and Employment

Abstract: This study evaluated the effectiveness of prison-based educational programming by examining the effects of obtaining secondary and post-secondary degrees on recidivism and post-release employment o...