Sainsbury Centre Criminal Justice

Overall suicide rate falling, but increasing in prisons

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 09:00:00 GMT

The 2007 Annual Report of the National Suicide Prevention Strategy for England highlights a continuing fall in the overall suicide rate, but also concludes that:

There were 145 suicides among mental health in-patients in 2005 compared with 157 in 2004.
There were 1277 suicides among people in contact with mental health services in 2005, compared to 1308 in 2004.
There were 82 self inflicted deaths in prisons in 2007/08 compared with 71 in 06/07.
While much progress has been made in the reporting of suicide by the media, many journalists and editors remain unaware of either general or in-house reporting guidelines on suicide.

A Health Needs Assessment of Offenders on Probation Caseloads

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:00:00 GMT

A University of Lincoln study to investigate the health needs of a group of offenders in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire.

The report also examines the way in which offenders on probation access services.

Sainsbury Centre welcomes Justice Committee report on effective sentencing

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:00:00 GMT

The Government should seriously consider the Justice Committee's call for the NHS to be required under law to provide effective diversion schemes to keep people with mental health problems out of prison.

High Hopes: Supporting ex-prisoners in their lives after prison

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:00:00 GMT

This report examines the impact of support services on the decisions prisoners made and their attitudes and expectations immediately prior to and following their release. It covers employment, housing, substance misuse, finances and the service providers' views.

Policy Exchange report on mental healthcare in prisons

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:00:00 GMT

Out of Sight, Out of Mind demonstrates that change is needed across the board to tackle the high levels of mental distress among the rising prison population.

Sainsbury Centre welcomes new report on prison mental health

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:00:00 GMT

The case for urgent investment in prison mental health care and the development of alternatives to prison has again been made clearly today.

The Rethinking Crime & Punishment Manifesto

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:00:00 GMT

Rethinking Crime and Punishment is the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation's seven year programme for alternatives to prison. Their manifesto makes proposals about how the Government's allocation of £2.3 billion earmarked for building 'Titan prisons' might be spent on alternatives to prison.

From the Inside

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 09:00:00 GMT

Experiences of prison mental health care

Prisoners need urgent help for trauma and abuse, says Sainsbury Centre report

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 09:00:00 GMT

From the Inside finds that the 'average' prisoner has a combination of mental health, substance use and other problems. Mental ill health is not the exception but the rule.

Call for urgent action to improve mental health of prisoners across Europe launched in UK

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 09:00:00 GMT

The Trenčín Statement calls for all European nations to do more to find alternatives to prison for offenders with severe mental illnesses and for better care for prisoners who have any kind of mental health problem.