This edition of Prison Service Journal takes up the idea of a ‘healthy’ prison.
On the face of it, this may seem straightforward, the idea that there is equivalence between health services available inside and outside prisons. However, the articles in this edition highlight that in practice the challenges are much broader, deeper and more complex.
In this edition:
- Editorial comment
- What is ‘MQPL’? Solving puzzles about the prison, by Alison Liebling
- Health promoting prisons: an overview and critique of the concept, by Dr James Woodall
- Creating a Healthy Prison: developing a system wide approach to public health within an English prison, by Dr Nick de Viggiani
- Participatory Action Research in the Development and Delivery of Self-Harm Awareness Sessions in Prison: Involving Service Users in Staff Development, by James Ward, Di Bailey and Sian Boyd
- Knowledge and understanding of the autism spectrum amongst prison staff, by Paula McAdam
- The impact of the custodial setting on the mental health of older prisoners: a biopsychosocial perspective, by Jude Caie
Book review:
- Out of sight, out of mind: why Britain’s prisons are failing, by John Podmore (reviewed by Peter Quinn)
