This volume recognizes and addresses the health care issues of prisoners, to establish best practices and to learn about approaches to these challenges from aro

This book constitutes the first publication to utilise a range of social science methodologies to illuminate diverse and new aspects of health research in priso

The high rate of incarceration in the United States contributes significantly to the nation's health inequities, extending beyond those who are imprisoned to fa

In the past 30 years, the population of prisoners in the United States has expanded almost 5-fold, correctional facilities are increasingly overcrowded, and mor

This report discusses the findings of a nationwide study on the use of private prisons in the United States. The number of these prisons grew enormously between