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Enriching Prison Environments via Peer-Led Activities
Criminologists have long claimed that states of deprivation engendered by restrictive prison environments account for much of the problematic...
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The Continuum of Moral Harms: Correctional Officers’ Perspectives of Prison and the Influence on their Wellness
We apply the continuum of moral harms as described by Litz and King (J Trauma Stress 32:341–349,
2019 ), ranging from moral distress to moral injury,... -
Suicide risk in male incarcerated individuals in Spain: clinical, criminological and prison-related correlates
BackgroundPrison suicide is a complex phenomenon that may be influenced by individual, clinical, social and environmental factors. In Spain, few...
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Motivation and training needs of prison healthcare professionals: findings from a qualitative study
Health care in prison is a challenging task. The conditions of imprisonment create distinct difficulties for those providing health care in this...
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Prison Officers’ Perceptions of Prisoner Male Rape Victims in England and Wales
Male rape literature is limited in the UK, with little public attention and limited research about prison officers’ perceptions. The aim of the...
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Mental health of prison inmates: validation and measurement invariance of the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale (DASS)
The Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-21) is recognized as being a widely used measure for the assessment of negative emotional states....
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Sentenced Arizona Juvenile Lifers: A Case Study of the Intersectionality of Sentencing, Race, and Prison-Misconduct Profiles
This study examined whether there were statistical associations between life sentence types, race, and profiles of persistent criminality among...
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Results of Symptom Validity Testing in Portuguese Prison Inmates: The Influence of Educational Level, Age, and Conviction Status
Current guidelines for psychological assessment recommend the use of multiple validity measures in an evaluation protocol, particularly in forensic...
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Barriers and opportunities to accessing social support in the transition from community to prison: a qualitative interview study with incarcerated individuals in Northern Norway
BackgroundIncarcerated individuals have poor mental health compared to the general population. Social support has a beneficial effect on mental...
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“One a Day Keeps the Prison Away”: Understanding the Experiences of Individuals Convicted of Sexual Offences Receiving Anti-Androgens for the Treatment of Problematic Sexual Arousal
Problematic sexual arousal (PSA) is an umbrella term to describe a range of clinical presentations related to excessive sexual thinking (e.g., sexual...
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Caregiving Arrangements and Caregiver Well-being when Infants are Born to Mothers in Prison
Each year in the United States, over 1000 women give birth while in prison. Little is known about who cares for the infants after they are separated...
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Multi-level barriers and facilitators to implementing a parenting intervention in prison, perceptions from deliverers and responsible managers: a mixed-methods study
BackgroundChildren of incarcerated parents run a high risk of poor health and own delinquency and positive parenting is vital for their healthy...
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Disrupting the Trauma- To - Prison Pipeline For Justice-Involved Young Women Victimized By Violence
BackgroundRates of aggressive offending among Justice-Involved Young Women (JIYW) have increased over the past few decades. Yet, there is little...
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Burnout and Depersonalization Among Correctional Officers in Security Compared to Criminal Prison
We compared burnout levels among correctional officers in a security prison as opposed to correctional officers in a criminal prison. Unlike criminal...
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Acknowledging Soul Loss from an Indigenous Perspective to Promote Healing in Prison
People incarcerated in the United States suffer disproportionately higher rates of substance use and mental health diagnoses than the general...
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Self-Efficacy Experiences of Graduate Students Working in a Sport-based Leadership Program at a Youth Prison
The use of sport as a developmental tool for youth has been widely studied. However, one important segment of the population that has been largely...
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Mental Health and Prison System in the Context of COVID-19: Comprehensive Analysis of the Peruvian Case
The arrival of COVID-19 in Latin America revealed the permeability of its prisons and the structural conditions that affect both inmates and prison...
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Ending the School-to-Prison Pipeline: Perception and Experience with Zero-Tolerance Policies and Interventions to Address Racial Inequality
This study expands the current research on anti-Black racism and student discipline in schools. It examines perception, experiences, and alternatives...
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Parenting from Prison: Incarceration and Fatherhood
In the United States (US), more than half (i.e., 52%) of people incarcerated in state prisons and nearly two-thirds (i.e., 63%) of federal inmates...
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Do individualizing moral foundations protect from higher moral disengagement in imprisoned men and women?
We aimed to analyze whether the individualizing moral foundations play a protective role against moral disengagement in a sample of 367 women and men...
