CCPHE

02/02/2024

Have a look at this article "Vaccinating inmates protects us all. To say otherwise is just a cheap attempt to gain votes"

Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole's dismissal of inmates as unworthy of vaccinations is part of a troubling trend in politics where elected officials ignore solid evidence and policy advice, and instead manipulate our emotions in a cheap attempt to gain votes, writes Ian Gauthier.

02/02/2024

Check out this article on "Disrupting volunteer-led prison programs cuts a fundamental lifeline for everyone in the system"

Connections need to be maintained between those inside and outside prison during the pandemic, whether remotely or in person, writes Murray Fallis.

06/06/2022

Check out the Statement shared by the Campaign for the Abolition of Solitary Confinement congratulating MLA Adam Olsen on introducing a private member's bill in the B.C. Legislature to abolish solitary confinement beyond 15 days in the Province's correctional facilities.

04/11/2022

Please welcome Dr Amanda Slaunwhite and Dr Sofia Bartlett as the new Co-Directors of CCPHE!

The Canadian Collaboration for Prison Health and Education (CCPHE) is pleased to announce that Dr Amanda Slaunwhite and Dr Sofia Bartlett will become Co-Directors of the UBC’s CPPHE effective April 1, 2022. The CCPHE was formed in 2006 as a group committed to encouraging and facilitating collabora...

02/17/2022

Check out the publication, “Smoking bans in prisons.”
https://www.thelancet.com/action/showPdf?pii=S2468-2667%2821%2900182-1

02/07/2022

Have a look at the publication, “The Prison and Transition Health (PATH) cohort study: Prevalence of health, social, and crime characteristics after release from prison for men reporting a history of injecting drug use in Victoria, Australia.”

People who inject drugs are overrepresented in prison and have diverse and complex health needs. However, outcomes after release from prison are poorl…

02/03/2022

Check out the publication, “Psychiatric well-being among men leaving prison reporting a history of injecting drug use: A longitudinal analysis.”

Background: Community reintegration from prison is typically stressful, with several health and social outcomes impacting psychiatric well-being during this tim...

01/27/2022

Check out the publication, “Jail-Based Data-to-Care to Improve Continuity of HIV Care: Perspectives and Experiences from Previously Incarcerated Individuals.”

Incarceration can disrupt retention in HIV care and viral suppression, yet it can also present an opportunity to reengage people living with HIV (PLWH) in care. Data-to-care (D2C) is a promising new public health strategy that uses HIV surveillance data to improve continuity of care for PLWH. The go...

01/25/2022

Have a look at the publication, “Effect of Clozapine on Time Assigned to Restrictive Housing in a State Prison Population.”
http://jaapl.org/content/early/2021/09/03/JAAPL.210011-21.long

01/20/2022

Check out the article, “Advancing Public Health Interventions to Address the Harms of the Carceral System.”

Abstract In 2019, an estimated 1,430,800 people were incarcerated in state and federal prisons, with structurally marginalized groups disproportionately affected. Incarcerated people have a higher prevalence of acute and chronic health conditions than the general U.S. population, and the harms of th...

01/17/2022

Have a look at the publication, “Effectiveness of psychological interventions in prison to reduce recidivism: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.”

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpsy/article/PIIS2215-0366(21)00170-X/fulltext

01/14/2022

Check out the article, “‘We just needed to open the door’: a case study of the quest to end solitary confinement in North Dakota.”
https://healthandjusticejournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40352-021-00155-5