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    Prisoner health

    135475_19262_Prisoner Health in Corrections Criminology.pdf (4.421Mb)
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    Authors
    Levy, M.
    Butler, Tony
    Falconer, T.
    Date
    2005
    Type
    Book Chapter
    
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    Citation
    Levy, Michael and Butler, Tony and Falconer, Tony. 2005. Prisoner health, in O'Toole S. and Eyland S. (ed), Corrections Criminology. pp. 132-138. Sydney: Federation Press.
    Source Title
    Corrections Criminology
    ISBN
    9781876067175
    Faculty
    National Drug Research Institute
    Faculty of Health Sciences
    School
    National Drug Research Institute (Research Institute)
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/9066
    Collection
    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    Any description of the health of prisoners needs to commence with the reiteration of the principle that a when a court of law sentences someone to imprisonment, "deprivation of liberty" should be the only punishment. Regrettably, in Australia at the turn of a new century, too many citizens are incarcerated because of hte consequences of illness.In reality, the "punishment" is only the beginning of a complex and punitive criminal justice system - prisoners, their families and their partners experience a number of "losses". There are levels of punishment - loss of privacy and loss of intimacy are just two that directly impact on the health of Australian prisoners. Regrettably, we confine our prisoners in conditions of physical squalor and overcrowding with the consequent health risks. Australian prisoners lose their Medicare entitlement. While this merely shifts the responsibility of primary health care onto the States and Territories, it significantly reduces the option of "second opinions" that the prisoner may request (as this now needs to be paid for by the prisoner or their family). These health risks and consequent health outcomes are readily transferred from the prison environment back to the outside community.

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