Data story
27/05/2022Each week we present analysis of data in chart form to illustrate some key issues and invite discussion. People with severe mental health problems who are in contact with the criminal justice system can be held as restricted patients in hospitals if they have been assessed as needing treatment. Mira...
Report
21/10/2021 Dr Miranda Davies Eilís Keeble Rachel HutchingsMany prisoners still struggle to access hospital services despite their significant health care needs, and early data suggests the pandemic has worsened access further. In this report, we consider new evidence relating to pre-existing health conditions before prison, the use of remote consultation,...
Explainer
20/10/2021Prisoners tend to be of poorer health than the general population and have complex health care needs. Alongside their research report on prisoners' access to health care in England, Rachel...
Blog post
20/10/2021 Dr Miranda DaviesAs we today publish our new research on prisoner health, lead author Miranda Davies talks through some of the report’s main findings and how worried we should be about them.
Data story
22/09/2021Each week we present analysis of data in chart form to illustrate some key issues and invite discussion. With a report published this week on the tragic death of a newborn baby at HMP Bronzefield, how much is actually known about pregnant women in prisons in England? In this chart, Miranda Davies lo...
Data story
19/01/2021Each week we present analysis of data in chart form to illustrate some key issues and invite discussion. This week, with new data showing that coronavirus infections rose more rapidly across the prisoner population in December than they did across the general population, Dr Miranda Davies and Eilís...
Blog post
22/09/2020 Dr Miranda Davies Eilís KeebleWhile there have been fewer cases of Covid-19 cases in prisons than initially feared, rates of the virus have still been higher than in the wider community. Miranda Davies and Eilís Keeble look at why that might be, and the wider implications of lockdown restrictions on prisoners’ physical and me...
Press release
26/02/2020New research shows four in ten hospital appointments made for prisoners are cancelled or missed and that over one in ten pregnant prisoners gave birth either in prison or on their way to hospital in 2017/18.
Blog post
26/02/2020 Dr Miranda DaviesAs we publish our new research today on prisoners’ use of health care, we spoke to lead author Dr Miranda Davies about the project.