Harm reduction and self-harm in prison settings: a themed virtual special issue from the International Journal of Prison Health

International Journal of Prison Health

Harm reduction and self-harm in prison settings: a themed virtual special issue from the International Journal of Prison Health

The following recent articles from the International Journal of Prison Health all focus on research of drugs and drug use in prison settings.

Suicide methods in the year following release from pretrial jail detention | Emerald Insight

“We don’t even know where it’s kept”: exploring perspectives on naloxone administration by provincial correctional workers in Manitoba, Canada | Emerald Insight

Suicide among prisoners: a bibliometric analysis | Emerald Insight

Addiction treatment and harm reduction programs in prisons: lessons from Iran | Emerald Insight

Suicide, suicide attempts and self-harm in Moroccan prisons | Emerald Insight

The incidence and profile of self-harm among prisoners: findings from the Self-Harm Assessment and Data Analysis Project 2017–2019 | Emerald Insight

Factors associated with changes in illicit opioid use during the COVID-19 pandemic among incarcerated people who use drugs in Quebec, Canada | Emerald Insight

Harm reduction: a public health approach to prison drug use | Emerald Insight

Commentary on the harm reduction reference group of justice health and forensic mental health network and corrective services NSW, Australia | Emerald Insight

A syndemic examination of injecting drug use, incarceration and multiple drug-related harms in French opioid users | Emerald Insight

Self-harm risk screening on prison entry: assessing the predictive validity of self-harm history and recent ideation in men and women | Emerald Insight

The impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on drug service provision in European prisons | Emerald Insight

A social ecological model (SEM) to exploring barriers of and facilitators to the implementation of opioid agonist treatment (OAT) programmes in prisons | Emerald Insight