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September 5, 2019

UK: with parents in prison, kids at risk for lasting psychiatric problems

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Europe Mental health United Kingdom

Children who have a parent in prison may be more than twice as likely as other kids to have depression, attention problems and conduct disorders by the time they reach adolescence, a U.S. study suggests.

August 25, 2019

Russia: 'Black Hole', prosecutors probing allegations of punitive psychiatric treatment in Siberian prison

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Asia Europe Mental health Russia

Igor Sovchuk, a prisoner at prison IK-6 in the city of Tyumen, Siberia, complained repeatedly of a headache. After being told repeatedly to shut up, the guards finally agreed to take him to the medical unit. He was given an injection and sent back to his cell.

August 19, 2019

Japan: surveillance and old age

Interview

Asia Long-term prisoners Mental health Japan

Akaike Kazumasa is a criminologist and specialises in the Japanese prison system. Rate of imprisonment, working as a prisoner, prisoners’ age: Prison Insider asks him three questions to understand the particularities of the country’s penitentiary system.

August 12, 2019

Spain: Sevilla, una de las cárceles con más presos con trastornos mentales graves

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Europe Mental health Spain

This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: Spanish

August 5, 2019

Poland: groundbreaking lawsuit targets violations at controversial psychiatric facility

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Europe Mental health Poland

A client of the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights (HFHR) has filed a lawsuit against the State Treasury, seeking damages for multiple violations at the National Centre for the Prevention of Dissocial Behaviours.

July 29, 2019

Australia: juvenile prison guards strip searches cause mental health problems, former inmates claim

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Oceania Health Mental health Australia

Children as young as 10 years old are being routinely strip searched in juvenile detention in NSW with minimal or no contraband found, according to new data.

July 18, 2019

Canada: santé mentale en prison, « une fabrique d’itinérance »

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North America Health Mental health Canada

This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: French

April 24, 2019

Spain: denuncian la falta de asistencia psiquiátrica en las cárceles de Castellón

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Europe Mental health Spain

This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: Spanish

April 23, 2019

United States of America: solitary confinement worsens mental illness

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North America Discipline Mental health United States

Prisoners who volunteered for a mental health diversion program say promises of therapy and time out of their cells weren’t fulfilled. And Texas prison officials aren’t regularly tracking success rates — even as they ask lawmakers to fund an expansion of the program.

February 26, 2019

France : surpopulation, violence, contrebande et troubles psychiatriques dans les prisons de La Réunion

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Europe Mental health Overcrowding Violence France

This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: French

January 14, 2019

Iceland: no prison psychiatrist in five years

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Europe Mental health Iceland

There hasn’t been a psychiatrist working in Icelandic prisons for more than five years, despite that fact that prisoners are guaranteed mental health services by law, RÚV reports. Three individuals incarcerated in Icelandic prisons have committed suicide in the last two years, a fact that is being…

November 11, 2018

France: soignants en psychiatrie, le « règne de l’absurde » ?

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Europe Mental health France

This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.

November 1, 2018

United Kingdom: inspectors warn of worsening conditions for mentally ill inmates

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Europe Mental health United Kingdom

Mentally ill prisoners in the largest high-security jail in the UK face “totally unacceptable” delays in being transferred to a secure hospital, leading to a further deterioration in their conditions, inspectors have said.

October 25, 2018

France: de moins en moins de malades psychiatriques échappent à la prison

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Europe Health Mental health France

This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.

July 23, 2018

Italy: a government plan for harsher prison conditions

Analysis Opinion

Europe Mental health Italy

Only vendetta and no justice in the Five Star Movement - Lega’s governing contract for Italy

July 15, 2018

México: vivir con una enfermedad mental en la cárcel

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Central America and the Caribbean Mental health Mexico

This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the Spanish version.

May 23, 2018

Ireland: prisons unable to meet rising population’s need for mental healthcare

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Health Mental health Ireland

Percentage of prison population with mental illness more than doubled since 2015.

May 22, 2018

France : soins psychiatriques en prison, un pansement sur une plaie béante

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Europe Mental health France

This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.

May 4, 2018

Violence, misery and corruption in Bulgarian prisons and psychiatries (European report)

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Europe Mental health Violence Bulgaria

The Committee Against Torture of the Council of Europe presented a report on Bulgaria, which reported a slight improvement in the conditions in the places where convictions are served in Bulgaria.

May 3, 2018

Ireland: law governing detention in psychiatric units unconstitutional

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Mental health Ireland

Court of Appeal acknowledged ‘potentially chaotic and catastrophic consequences’ of its finding.

April 25, 2018

Netherlands: the unique way the Dutch treat mentally ill prisoners

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Health Mental health Netherlands

In the Netherlands, criminals with mental illness are treated completely differently to many other countries. Melissa Hogenboom visits a Dutch prison to find out how.

April 21, 2018

UK: mental health facilities ‘seriously deficient’

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Health Mental health United Kingdom

Mental Health Reform says it is “deeply concerned” that some vulnerable people still live in “mini-institutions” where there is no respect for their privacy or dignity.

April 10, 2018

USA: solitary confinement of mentally ill persists in Oregon prison

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Discipline Mental health United States

The more than three dozen men incarcerated in the behavioral health unit at the Oregon State Penitentiary spend almost 23 hours a day confined to a dark, small cell — a practice akin to “torture,” according to disability rights leaders.

March 31, 2018

USA: a 'hellish world', the mental health crisis overwhelming America's prisons

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Health Mental health United States

In America, jails and prisons have become the nation’s de facto mental healthcare providers – and the results are chilling