Fiddler, Michael ORCID: 0000-0002-0695-6770 and Jolliffe, Darrick ORCID: 0000-0003-4590-6343 (2016) Targeting 'terminal malignant alienation': Improving health literacy and reducing deaths in prison. In: Justice and Penal Reform conference, 16th-18th March 2016, Keble College, Oxford. (Unpublished)

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Abstract

In 2015, The Harris Review released its findings into self-inflicted deaths in custody amongst 18-24 year olds. It highlighted that the problems discussed in the 1999 HM Chief Inspector of Prisons’ thematic review (entitled Suicide is Everyone’s Concern) have persisted in the intervening years. This paper is an attempt to briefly map the landscape of mental health issues in prisons and their connection to deaths in custody. Drawing upon research conducted by the University of Greenwich that fed into The Harris Review, this paper’s focus rests more narrowly upon prisons in England and Wales. Specifically, we will explore the ways in which a co-morbidity of mental health disorders can interact with the environmental conditions that are likely to be encountered in prison settings. Whilst acknowledging that there are clearly no simple solutions, we will set out the importance of improving mental health literacy amongst prison officers, thereby improving ‘terminal malignant alienation’. It will be argued that a renewed focus upon training that emphasises recognition, management and prevention in relation to mental health disorders has the potential to ease this particular pain of imprisonment for prisoners and officers alike.

Item Type:	Conference or Conference Paper (Paper)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Prison, suicide, self-harm, deaths in custody
Subjects:	K Law > K Law (General)
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences > School of Law & Criminology (LAC) Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences > Crime, Law & (In)Security Research Group (CLS)
Related URLs:	Organisation
Last Modified:	01 Nov 2021 00:11
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/15145

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