Cost-Benefit Economics of Methadone for prisoners
... the rates of reoffence and the cost of locking up prisoners for a year will come down drastically. National ...ARC study that had revealed that only about 23% of prisoners were sent back to jail, after methadone treatment had been administered to inmates for eight months....Suicide Rate Falls To Lowest Ever In UK
... well as a decline in the number of suicides among prisoners and mental health in-patients. "Suicide is a major cause of preventable death in England and elsewhere. At a personal level, suicide is a terrible and needless tragedy, and each death is a loss to society," Health minister Rosie Winterton said. "Th...Suicide Rates Drop To Lowest Ever In England
...e were 9.2 deaths per 100,000. Suicide rates among prisoners with depression and mental health patients are also reported. The launch of three schemes in Camden, Manchester and Bedfordshire had helped cut the suicide rates, the report found. The withdrawal of the commonly prescribed painkiller co-proxamol has ...An urgent need for prison reforms: California!
...nd those convicted of minor crimes. 3. Give all prisoners access to vocational, educational, and other forms of prison programming, as well as proper medical care. 4. Ensure that prisons adequately address the treatment needs of addicted, mentally ill, and developmentally disabled inmates. 5. Improve...Medical Ethics Violated By Prison Officials In Guantanamo Bay
...ilitary prison in Guantanamo Bay to force feed the prisoners (currently on hunger strike) through insertion of ...l principles of medical ethics. In addition, the prisoners are being subjected to harsh interrogations, targeted at extension of co-operation by the detainees....Students Seek Help From Prisoners for Kidnapped Child's Release
... Patna's Don Bosco Academy are seeking the help of prisoners from Beur jail in Patna to locate their missing fr...o school. His schoolmates are now appealing to the prisoners to use their contacts outside the jail to help trace the missing boy. The students said that they ha...Reforms Required With Regard To Mental Health Facilities
...and jails have come in for sharp criticism, as six prisoners are reported to have committed suicide inside the ...ns since 2002//. The mental health problems of the prisoners have to be addressed to prevent such incidences from recurring, according to Professor Roy McClellan...Cholera sneaks its way in to the prison
Four prisoners at Tiruchirappalli, India were diagnosed with seve...rces. On the other hand doctors who examined the 4 prisoners said that they were given proper medications and that their conditions were stable. Hence various...Archaic Law Hindering HIV Prevention In Namibian Prisons
...increase if we do not protect the new HIV-negative prisoners from those who are positive from reinfection," they said....Police should work as Mental Health Workers
... provide care and help to mentally ill persons and prisoners who are psychologically disturbed and there are increased chances of these mentally ill persons involving in unlawful incidents which can lead to arrests and deadly encounters. The treatment advocacy center executive director has called up on all the...Widespread Commercialisation Of Human Organ Donation In China
Shocking reports of organs from executed prisoners being sold to foreigners for human transplantation...or afterlife ceremonies, organ trade from executed prisoners has been a flourishing business in China. Furthermore, the financial benefit from the transplantatio...... pointed out that the rate of suicide amongst male prisoners of prisons in UK is much higher than the suicide r... proportions in Western Europe. Suicide among male prisoners is known to be higher than the general population, although the magnitude has not previously been re...