“Feeling Trapped in Prison” due to the COVID-19 pandemic: perceptions and practices among healthcare workers and prison staff from a brazilian maximum security …

WC Baccon, MA Salci, L Carreira, AM Gallo… - Healthcare, 2023 - mdpi.com
The COVID-19 pandemic had several repercussions on prison staff, but the currently
available evidence has mainly ignored these effects. This qualitative study aimed to …

Prisoners on prisons: Experiences of peer-delivered suicide prevention work

G Buck, P Tomczak, P Harriott, R Page… - …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Prison suicide is a global concern, with rates consistently exceeding those in non-
incarcerated populations. Prisoners deliver (suicide prevention) initiatives in jurisdictions …

Gender-based violence comes on the scene: Creative Arts Therapies intervention in prison with men who committed or tried to commit feminicide

I Testoni, G Biancalani, M Arbien, M Corallini… - The Arts in …, 2024 - Elsevier
Gender-based violence is a pervasive phenomenon to be prevented. This study presents
the findings of an intermodal psychodrama intervention aimed at counteracting the risk of …

Indifferent minds, broken system: a critical examination of mental health care provision for Spain's incarcerated population with serious mental illnesses

A Calcedo-Barba, J Antón Basanta, S Paz Ruiz… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Background Spain healthcare system is decentralized, with seventeen autonomous regions
overseeing healthcare. However, penitentiary healthcare is managed nationally, except in …

Psychological screening service for men newly admitted to an Italian prison: Preliminary clinical outcome analysis after 1 year of clinical activity

L Pelizza, E Rossi, U Zambelli… - … and Mental Health, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background Screening for mental disorders among prisoners is crucial for early detection
and intervention of psychopathology and substance use disorders. In Italy, only a minority of …

Suicide risk screening and assessment before and after the COVID-19 pandemic in new inmates

C Santoriello, C De Rosa, C Rufo, F Romano… - Healthcare, 2024 - mdpi.com
(1) Background: Suicide is the main cause of death in Italian prisons. The largest number of
inmates who killed themselves was recorded during three years of the COVID-19 pandemic …

Suicide in prison in the North of Italy (1993–2022): a case-control study examining differences between suicides inside and outside prison

R Calati, S Tambuzzi, R Gravagnuolo… - International Clinical …, 2024 - journals.lww.com
Prisoners constitute a group at suicide risk, showing higher relative rates of suicides than the
general population. However, there is limited knowledge about the characteristics of those …

The Effects of Correctional Environments on Correctional Mental Health Professionals: A Phenomenological Qualitative Study

S Gangemi - Corrections, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Despite their role on the frontlines of mental health services in the US, there is a paucity of
research on the correctional mental health workforce. This article reports the findings of a …

Using AI-Based Techniques with Prisoners Who Suffer from Mental Illness

S Pokhriyal, R Bahuguna, AK Dixit… - … on Smart Devices …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The issue of mental health among incarcerated individuals is not a recent development, but
rather a longstanding concern that has been persistently neglected for many years due to …

The Impact of Spiritual Ministry on Catholic Residents of Correctional Institutions in West Kalimantan Province, Indonesia

M Martinus, HG Tinenti - Pastoral Psychology, 2024 - Springer
Spiritual needs are crucial for the personality development and behavior of prisoners in
correctional institutions. The spiritual ministry provided to residents of correctional …