TOWARDS A HEALTH-INFORMED APPROACH TO PENAL REFORM? EVIDENCE FROM TEN COUNTRIES CATHERINE HEARD JUNE 2019

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ICPR (2019) Towards A Health-Informed Approach To Penal Reform? Evidence From Ten Countries

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Description: The report, Towards a health-informed approach to penal reform? Evidence from ten countries, examines the effects of failed penal policies through the lens of health.

Drawing on ICPR’s World Prison Brief database, the report reveals that well over 60% of countries worldwide are currently running their prison systems above official capacity – causing untold harm to the health of inmates, staff, families and communities. There are first-hand accounts of the health impacts of incarceration, from people who have endured cramped, unsafe, disease-ridden prisons in Kenya, South Africa, Brazil, Thailand and England.