We systematically reviewed randomized controlled trials of interventions to improve the
health of people during imprisonment or in the year after release. We searched 14 biomedical …

Objective The Changing Childbirth in British Columbia study explored women’s preferences
and experiences of maternity care, including women’s role in decision-making. Methods …

Importance Diagnosis of mental disorder is prevalent among people who have been
incarcerated. Nevertheless, community mental health services are often limited following release …

Background: During the transition between prison and community, people are at greatly
increased risk for adverse health outcomes. This study describes a peer health mentoring …

The use of person-centred language is well accepted regarding substance use and infectious
disease healthcare and research, and appropriate acronyms have become commonplace, …

Purpose – Women in prison throughout the world experience higher rates of mental and
physical illness compared with the general population and compared with men in prison. The …

Background Concurrent opioid and stimulant use is on the rise in North America. This increasing
trend of use has been observed in the general population, and among people released …

Background: In Canada, the number of women sentenced to prison has almost doubled since
1995. In British Columbia, the rate of reincarceration is 70% within 2 years. Our aim was to …

Purpose Currently, people leaving prisons face concurrent risks from the COVID-19
pandemic and the overdose public health emergency. The closure or reduction of community …

In 2014, we published the book Arresting Hope: Women Taking Action in Prison Health
Inside Out, which narrates a story about women in a provincial prison in Canada, about how …