“…Offenders in prisons, especially female inmates, also display elevated emotional distress, as revealed by increased prevalence rates of anxiety and depression disorders (Allnutt, Wedgwood, Wilhelm, & Butler, 2008;Keaveny & Zauszniewski, 1999;Kjelsberg et al, 2006;Maden, Swinton, & Gunn, 1994). Moreover, prisoners present high amounts of psychological disturbance and adjustment problems that manifests in disturbed behavior, including violence, aggression, disobedience, tension, avoidance of contact with others, fear, lack of energy, learning difficulties, among many others The Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology 225 (Coid, 1984;Cooke, 1998).…”