HIV, Aids and Prisons

This report details the dilemmas HIV and AIDS cause in prisons and recommends positive steps that can be taken to reduce the risk while inside, and on release from prison.

1988 ISBN: 0 946209 12 X 

HIV and Hepatitis in UK Prisons: Addressing Prisoners' Healthcare Needs A report by the Prison Reform Trust and the National AIDS Trust

Prisons are breeding grounds for blood-borne viruses because they hold, in overcrowded and adverse conditions, a population with previous experience of high risk behaviour. This report, the first of its kind, draws on the findings of a survey of healthcare managers in prisons in England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. The conclusions of the report are unequivocal: prisons' current policy and practice varies greatly between establishments. Overall they are failing to meet the needs of prisoners living with or at risk of HIV and other blood-borne viruses. Every prison should have a clear policy on HIV and hepatitis C. An agreed framework of best practice for prevention, treatment and care in relation to HIV and hepatitis C, based on the principles of harm minimisation, should be applied in all places of detention in the United Kingdom.

2005  ISBN: 0 946209 79 0 Download as PDF 

Primary Care Service Framework: Management of Health for People with Learning Disabilities NHS

An ‘enhanced service’ framework produced by the NHS with the purpose of equipping commissioners, providers and practitioners with the necessary background knowledge, service and implementation details to safely commission and deliver a high quality, integrated service for the management of health for people with learning disabilities in primary care.

2007 Download as PDF

Principles for Practical Drugs Policies: The Case for a Slow Fix

In this pamphlet, which reproduces the 1999 PRT Annual Lecture, Professor Mark Kleiman outlines what will, and what will not, work to reduce the harm caused by drugs misuse.

1999 ISBN 0 946209 47 2

Too Little Too Late: An Independent Review of Unmet Mental Health Need in Prison Kimmett Edgar, Dora Rickford

Independent Monitoring Boards perform a vital function in prisons, monitoring fairness and respect for people in custody. Appointed by the Secretary of State for Justice, they provide an independent perspective on the treatment of prisoners and the conditions in prisons. The National Council of Independent Monitoring Boards recently analysed annual reports and identified prisoners’ unmet mental health needs as a foremost concern of boards across England and Wales. This report draws on the views of the chair of each board and sets them in the context of current research and policy.    NEW

2009 Price: £10.00 ISBN: 0946209 90 1 Download as PDF
 

Troubled Inside Responding to the Mental Health Needs of Children and Young People in Prison
 Finola Farrant



This report aims to prompt a response to the unmet mental health needs of children and young people in the criminal justice system.  It draws together current research and practice and sets out an agenda for change.  Recommendations include an end to the imprisonment of children, improved assessment of mental health problems, early intervention to prevent young people with a mental illness entering prison, and a reduction in the use of remand.

2001 ISBN: 0 946209 54 5 Download as PDF

Troubled Inside Responding to the Mental Health Needs of Men in Prison  Dora Rickford & Kimmett Edgar

This report examines why men who have serious mental health problems end up in prison. It shows how the early warning system of court diversion and liaison schemes has broken down. It explores the lack of mental health care for the majority of prisoners, who have less serious, but nonetheless debilitating, mental health problems. Particular topics include: self-harm and suicide, dual diagnosis, learning disabilities, deafness, the elderly, prisoners holding foreign nationality, and Black and Minority Ethnic prisoners. It concludes with comprehensive recommendations about how to improve policy and practice.

2005  ISBN: 0 946209 73 1 Download as PDF 

Troubled Inside Responding to the Mental Health Needs of Women in Prison
 Dora Rickford

This report reveals the extent of the mental health needs of women in prison. It exposes the gap between improved policy and still bleak practice. It offers a set of detailed recommendations and a ten-point action plan that, if implemented, would ensure that the needs of mentally ill women inside the prison system are met.

2003  ISBN: 0946209 64 2 Download as PDF