30.H. Workshop: Women and prison: vulnerability and overlapping health needs of women in prison worldwide
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DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckaa165.1365
Abstract: Women constitute a small proportion of prison populations worldwide (2%-9%) with imprisonment rates ranging from 3.2 per 100,000 women inhabitants in Africa up to 31.4 in the Americas. These figures reflect the that the tendency… read more here.
Keywords: health needs; workshop women; women prison; health ... See more keywords
Women offenders in Europe: drug problems and drug offences and/or gender-based violence
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DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckaa165.1366
Abstract: Worldwide the proportion of women in prison for drug-related offences is higher than that of men. In Europe (27 Member States, Norway, United Kingdom and Turkey) it varies considerably, between 5 % in Bulgaria, approximately… read more here.
Keywords: women prison; drug use; drug; among women ... See more keywords
Pregnant Women in Prison and Jail Don’t Count: Data Gaps on Maternal Health and Incarceration
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DOI: 10.1177/0033354918812088
Abstract: At the end of 2015, an estimated 210 595 women were in state or federal prison or jail in the United States, a 645% increase since 1980, when approximately 28 240 women were incarcerated. Nearly… read more here.
Keywords: women prison; incarceration; pregnancy; health ... See more keywords