Differential Substance Misuse Treatment Needs of Women, Ethnic Minorities and Young Offenders In Prison: Prevalence of Substance Misuse and Treatment Needs

Borrill, Jo; Maden, Anthony; Martin, Anthea; Weaver, Tim; Stimson, Gerry V.; Farrell, Michael; Barnes, Tom

doi:10.1037/e635692007-001

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“…Amphetamines and cocaine, which might be consumed both recreationally and to more problematic levels by different respondents, are used by broadly the same proportions of both sexes. These prevalence rates are consistent with the results of other research comparing male and female prisoners' drug use (Borrill et al 2003). Furthermore, significantly more women identified themselves as having a 'problem staying off drugs' in the twelve months before their imprisonment (60% as opposed to 39% for the men).…”

Section: Drug Use In the Twelve Months Prior To Custodysupporting

confidence: 92%

The Prison Service Drug Strategy: The Extent to which Prisoners Need and Receive Treatment

2005

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This article discusses availability of drug treatment in English and Welsh prisons, within the broader context of drugs-and-crime issues. The article draws on a large pre-release survey of prisoners. Nearly two-thirds of those reporting problems staying off drugs before they were imprisoned subsequently received some treatment in prison, while one in ten went on an intensive rehabilitation programme. However, longsentence prisoners were disproportionately likely to receive treatment. Outstanding challenges include a need to improve access to different types of treatment, especially for short-term prisoners, if treatment is to play as full a part as possible in addressing prisoners' drug problems and reducing reoffending.This article presents initial evidence as to the extent to which the drug strategy of prisons in England and Wales is meeting the treatment needs of drug-using prisoners. First, in this section, it briefly outlines the drug strategy in prisons, as relaunched in 1998, and the balance struck between supply reduction on the one hand and treatment on the other. While the new strategy is still being actively developed and delivered, and provision remains uneven, prisoners are now receiving a range of treatment services. As consumers of those services, some but not all prisoners express satisfaction. These and other issues are explored in the next five sections, by drawing on the 2001 Resettlement Survey, an 'exit' survey of prisoners interviewed close to their release. Finally, the implications section and the conclusions place these results within the broader context of drugs-andcrime issues (while an endnote provides a brief update).The Prison Service drug strategy in its current form was launched in 1998 (Prison Service 1998). The launch document incorporated the four main strands of the national drugs strategy (dissuading young people from drug use, combating drug-related offending, providing treatment, and curbing the supply of drugs). A new unit within the Prison Service,

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Section: Drug Use In the Twelve Months Prior To Custodysupporting

confidence: 92%

The Prison Service Drug Strategy: The Extent to which Prisoners Need and Receive Treatment

2005

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“…As noted by both the experts and prisoners, drug and alcohol misuse prior to imprisonment is high in young prisoners and this is an area that warrants attention (Singleton et al, 1998;Borrill et al, 2003;Lester et al, 2003). Additionally some young prisoners may continue to use drugs and adopt risky behaviours in prison, such as sharing injecting equipment (Bellis et al, 1997), which contributes to the spread of HIV and Hepatitis B (Gore et al, 1999).…”

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Health promotion and young prisoners: a European perspective

MacDonald

Rabiee

Weilandt³

2013

International Journal of Prisoner Health

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Providing health promotion activities for young prisoners while in custodial settings is key to addressing their unmet health and well-being needs and to facilitate their reintegration back into the community. Despite the barriers identified by this research, health promotion is to some extent being delivered in the partner countries and provides a foundation upon which further implementation of health promotion activities can be built especially when the benefits of health promotion activities, like dealing with the common problems of alcohol and drug addiction, mental health and communicable diseases are linked to successful reintegration.

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“…When only one gender is included, males are more often targeted (Sieroslawski 2007; Elekes and Paksi 2004; Sieroslawski 2001; Liriano and Ramsay 2003; O'Mahony, Fox and Chapman 2005b; Bulten, Nijman and van der Staak 2009; Vogelvang et al . 2003) than are females (O'Mahony, Fox and Chapman 2005a; Plugge, Yudkin and Douglas 2009; Borrill et al . 2003).…”

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“…2007; Goderie 2009; Oliemeulen et al . 2007), ‘drug abuse’ (Slovak Reitox National Focal Point 2005) or ‘drug dependence’ (Borrill et al . 2003).…”

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Ten Years of Monitoring Illicit Drug Use in Prison Populations in Europe: Issues and Challenges

Carpentier

Royuela

Noor

et al. 2011

Howard J Crim Justice

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The European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCD-DA) has been collecting aggregated data on illicit drug use among European prison populations for over a decade. Additional studies were identified in a literature search. Together, these sources yielded 53 studies reporting data during the period 2000 to 2008. Analysis of these studies reveals that the available data are scarce and patchy, with large variations in methodology. This diversity hampers comparison, and may, in part, account for the wide range of prevalence estimates for drug use and drug injecting, both prior to imprisonment and while in prison. This article concludes that a common instrument to measure drug use and its consequences in European prison populations is needed.

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Differential Substance Misuse Treatment Needs of Women, Ethnic Minorities and Young Offenders In Prison: Prevalence of Substance Misuse and Treatment Needs

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The Prison Service Drug Strategy: The Extent to which Prisoners Need and Receive Treatment

The Prison Service Drug Strategy: The Extent to which Prisoners Need and Receive Treatment

Health promotion and young prisoners: a European perspective

Ten Years of Monitoring Illicit Drug Use in Prison Populations in Europe: Issues and Challenges

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