Can prisoners with mental health problems benefit from psychological therapy? Yes, but health and justice need to be closer friends.
Society of Clinical Psychology
OCTOBER 2, 2017
Moreover, they are far more likely to die by suicide, to harm themselves and others in prison and to commit another crime on release. Prisons are hostile and often unsafe places, with high levels of violence and self-harm. Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health, 17 (3), 152-162. 2007; Butler et al., doi: 10.1002/cbm.653.
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