Prisoner health

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Delivery of health care in prisons presents unique challenges, and there is a lack of quantitative evidence about care in these environments. This collection brings together our analysis working towards a better understanding of the health care needs of prisoners, their use of health services and how the quality of care compares to that of non-prisoners.

Key work on this topic

How prison health care in England works

Explainer
  • 20/10/2021
  • Rachel Hutchings | Dr Miranda Davies
Orange blocks laid on top of each other

Growing up inside: Understanding the key health care issues for young people in young offender institutions and prisons

Report
  • 16/10/2023
  • Dr Miranda Davies | Rachel Hutchings | Eilís Keeble

Locked out? Prisoners' use of hospital care

Report
  • 26/02/2020
  • Dr Miranda Davies | Lucina Rolewicz | Laura Schlepper | Femi Fagunwa

Injustice? Towards a better understanding of health care access challenges for prisoners

Report
  • 21/10/2021
  • Dr Miranda Davies | Eilís Keeble | Rachel Hutchings

Women and pregnancy in prison

Inequality on the inside: Using hospital data to understand the key health care issues for women in prison

Report
  • 19/07/2022
  • Dr Miranda Davies | Rachel Hutchings | Eilís Keeble

Pregnant and postnatal women in prison: a Q&A

Interview
  • 21/07/2022
  • Dr Miranda Davies | Kirsty Kitchen

Chart of the week: How many women in prison in England give birth each year?

Chart of the week
  • 22/09/2021
  • Dr Miranda Davies

Older and younger people in prison

Growing up inside: Understanding the key health care issues for young people in young offender institutions and prisons

Report
  • 16/10/2023
  • Dr Miranda Davies | Rachel Hutchings | Eilís Keeble

Living (and dying) as an older person in prison

Report
  • 20/04/2023
  • Dr Miranda Davies | Rachel Hutchings | Eilís Keeble | Laura Schlepper

What does it mean to be an older person in prison?

Blog post
  • 20/04/2023
  • Rachel Hutchings

Further key work in this area

Chart of the week: The over-representation of Black people as restricted patients in secure hospitals

Chart of the week
  • 27/05/2022
  • Dr Miranda Davies

Chart of the week: The rising tide of Covid-19 infections in our overcrowded prisons

Chart of the week
  • 19/01/2021
  • Dr Miranda Davies | Eilís Keeble

Covid-19 in prisons: fewer cases than feared but it’s not the whole story

Blog post
  • 22/09/2020
  • Dr Miranda Davies | Eilís Keeble

Covid-19: how is it impacting on prisoners’ health?

Blog post
  • 22/06/2020
  • Dr Miranda Davies

Prisoner health and homeless health: understanding the links between them

Blog post
  • 01/05/2019
  • Dr Miranda Davies | David Parker-Radford