The impact of imprisonment on health: what do women prisoners say?

Douglas, Nicola; Plugge, Emma; Fitzpatrick, Ray

doi:10.1136/jech.2008.080713

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“…Furthermore, it is confirmed that prisoners report a deterioration of their health status during their detention [3,30,[60][61][62]. The age constitutes an important factor.…”

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confidence: 68%

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The Impact of Incarceration on Greek Female Prisoners’ Self-reported Health Status

Milioni¹,

Geitona²

2017

J Women's Health Care

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Objective: Studies attempting to investigate issues around detainees' health status is limited in Greece and it is mainly focusing on specific prisons. The scope of this research was to investigate the impact of incarceration on health status of the Greek female prisoners' population. Methods:A cross-sectional survey was conducted to both female correctional institutions existing in Greece during the years 2014 and 2015. A semi-structured questionnaire was given to incarcerated women who voluntarily accepted to take part. Data were collected via personal interviews and were anonymized. Statistical analysis was performed through descriptive statistics, bivariate analysis and multiple regression analysis with the use of SPSS 20.Results: Out of 524 female prisoners, 397 met the inclusion criteria and participated in the study. 66.3% reported a moderate or poor health status, while the respective rate before detainment was 23.4%. Health status deterioration and poor mental health were referred by more than half of the participants. The access to health services and the quality of provided healthcare during imprisonment were considered as poor/very poor by 44.8% and 46.1% respectively. Almost half of the respondents expressed their dissatisfaction with the accommodation, the cleanliness, the nutrition as well as with the overall prison environment. Furthermore, the access to health services, the quality of provided healthcare and the experienced detention conditions affect female prisoners' self-reported general and mental health status. Conclusion:Female imprisonment impacts negatively prisoners' self-reported health status. Our findings give a cue for additional explore with the specific end goal to meet the health needs of this vulnerable population as well as to improve everyday life in prison and life after release.

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“…Furthermore, it is confirmed that prisoners report a deterioration of their health status during their detention [3,30,[60][61][62]. The age constitutes an important factor.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 68%

“…Dissatisfaction with the detention conditions was also reported in a Greek study focused on male prisoners as well as in the international literature [61,78,79]. However, the results of a survey in a male prison in Crete were different as two out of three respondents stated that the detention conditions were good or tolerated [32].…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Impact of Incarceration on Greek Female Prisoners’ Self-reported Health Status

Milioni¹,

Geitona²

2017

J Women's Health Care

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“…Indeed, a focus on this may be timely given that Hughner and Kleine (2004) have suggested that understanding lay views by geographical location would further our conceptual understandings. Moreover, the lay perspective may be imperative when examining health promotion efforts in prison, given that calls have been made to re-examine current approaches (Douglas et al, 2009).…”

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confidence: 99%

Exploring concepts of health with male prisoners in three category-C English prisons

Woodall¹

2010

International Journal of Health Promotion and Education

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Lay understandings of health and illness have a well established track record and a plethora of research now exists which has examined these issues. However, there is a dearth of research which has examined the perspectives of those who are imprisoned. This paper attempts to address this research gap. The paper is timely given that calls have been made to examine lay perspectives in different geographical locations and a need to re-examine health promotion approaches in prison settings.Qualitative data from thirty-six male sentenced prisoners from three prisons in England were collected. The data was analysed in accordance with Attride-Stirling's (2001) thematic network approach. Although the men's perceptions of health were broadly similar to the general population, some interesting findings emerged which were directly related to prison life and its associated structures. These included access to the outdoors and time out of their prison cell as well as maintaining relationships with family members through visits. The paper proposes that prisoners' lay views should be given higher priority given that prison health has traditionally been associated with medical treatment and the bio-medical paradigm more generally. It also suggests that in order to fulfil the World Health Organization's (WHO) vision of viewing prisons as health promoting settings, lay views should be recognised to shape future health promotion policy and practice.

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“…DeVeaux (2013), using his first-hand experience of incarceration for 25 years, describes the nature of incarceration itself as a traumatic experience, referring to it as the "experience of being locked in a cage." He and other scholars have highlighted the standard procedural, yet potentially traumatizing, parts of the incarceration experience including the loss of privacy; constant scrutiny of guards; and separation from family, friends, and other supports; reflecting that these "micro-traumas" may be part of the intended emotional or psychological punishment of offenders (DeVeaux, 2013;Douglas, Plugge, & Fitzpatrick, 2009;Harner & Riley, 2013). The woman whose aunt died while she was incarcerated may be referring to this type of traumatic event, which was brought on by the incarceration experience and then exacerbated by her family's lack of honesty regarding her favorite aunt's death.…”

Section: Ptsd and Victimization Among Women On Probation And Parolementioning

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“…Other scholars have focused on the impact of victimization which is often a part of the incarceration experience including witnessing violence, and the threat of or actual verbal, physical and sexual victimization from guards and other inmates (DeVeaux, 2013;Douglas et al, 2009;Sangoi & Goshin, 2014). Preliminary findings indicate that these traumatic experiences exacerbate preexisting mental health conditions including PTSD (Harner & Riley, 2013).…”

Section: Ptsd and Victimization Among Women On Probation And Parolementioning

confidence: 99%

Modeling posttraumatic stress disorder among victimized women on probation and parole : examining the impact of childhood victimization.

Winham

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DEDICATIONThis dissertation is dedicated to:1. My husband, Kyle, who encouraged and supported me throughout this process as we both pushed ourselves past what we thought was possible on our quest to build our life together. My parents, Charles and Karen Efstration, who made numerous sacrifices so Icould have the best educational opportunities and taught me to care deeply about underdogs. I am also deeply thankful for my in-laws, the Winhams and the Whites, for the love and support. Results of the second MIMIC analysis (X 2 (147) =439.71, p < .001; CFI = .90; TLI = .89; RMSEA = .07; SRMR = .07) provided good fit to the data and indicated that exposure to childhood sexual victimization versus other types of victimization significantly predicted differences in PTSD symptom structure and greater severity (B= .29, β = .10, SE= .14, p =.04). However, childhood victimization accounted for only 1% of the variance in PTSD symptomology. Implications for assessment and treatment of this highly-victimized and traumatized population are discussed including the usefulness of addressing the symptoms of dysphoric arousal including sleep disturbance, irritability, and difficulty concentrating. Suggestions for public policy include increasing economic insecurity and revisiting current legal climate linking substance use with criminal justice involvement.

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The impact of imprisonment on health: what do women prisoners say?

Cited by 97 publications

References 35 publications

The Impact of Incarceration on Greek Female Prisoners’ Self-reported Health Status

The Impact of Incarceration on Greek Female Prisoners’ Self-reported Health Status

Exploring concepts of health with male prisoners in three category-C English prisons

Modeling posttraumatic stress disorder among victimized women on probation and parole : examining the impact of childhood victimization.

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