The Operation of Section 48 of the Mental Health Act 1983

Mackay, Rob

doi:10.1093/bjc/40.4.727

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“…When addressing mobility in carceral geography in the Russian Federation, Moran and colleagues (2012) noted the problem of the costs and inconvenience of transport for health reasons. Medical transfers of prisoners have been reported in a limited number of publications, such as Grounds (1991), Mackay and Machin (1998) or Stoller (2003).…”

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Chains, trains and automobiles: Medical transport for prisoners in Switzerland

Haesen

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Elger

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European Journal of Criminology

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Imprisoned persons are transported for several purposes including transfers to a different prison, legal-procedural reasons such as court hearings, and to receive medical treatments. The availability and acceptability of transportation may limit access to healthcare if health services cannot be provided within the prison grounds. The aim of this article is to examine the conditions of medical transport for older prisoners in Switzerland and to assess whether or not these practices are in line with international recommendations. Interviews with experts working in the prison context and with older prisoners were conducted. Results show that handcuffing practices and space restrictions during medical transport are not adapted to prisoners’ health condition. Older prisoners risk being exposed and humiliated by transport conditions. The reasons for delayed medical transport can be administrative constraints or erroneous medical judgement. Switzerland’s cantonal system results in a variety of regulations for transports, so that cantonal differences, administrative constraints and inappropriate conditions can delay access to necessary healthcare and increase suffering.

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Chains, trains and automobiles: Medical transport for prisoners in Switzerland

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Elger

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European Journal of Criminology

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Sentencing and Criminal Justice

Ashworth

2010

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Andrew Ashworth expertly examines the key issues in English sentencing policy and practice including the mechanisms for producing sentencing guidelines. He considers the most high-profile stages in the criminal justice process such as the Court of Appeal's approach to the custody threshold, the framework for the sentencing of young offenders and the abiding problems of previous convictions in sentencing. Taking into account the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 and the Coroners and Justice Act 2009, the book's inter-disciplinary approach places the legislation and guidelines on sentencing in the context of criminological research, statistical trends and theories of punishment. By examining the law in relation to elements of the wider criminal justice system, including the prison and probation services, students gain a rounded perspective on the relevant principles and problems of sentencing and criminal justice.

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Sentencing and Criminal Justice

Ashworth

2005

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The Operation of Section 48 of the Mental Health Act 1983

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Chains, trains and automobiles: Medical transport for prisoners in Switzerland

Chains, trains and automobiles: Medical transport for prisoners in Switzerland

Sentencing and Criminal Justice

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