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the mental health of people in Scotland’s prisons. While there have been major positive developments in multi-disciplinary prison mental health services in the past decade since responsibility for prison healthcare delivery transferred to the NHS, the findings evidenced inequities across certain prisons resulting in inconsistent

Overall, this synthesis report highlights recent improvements in health and care provision to meet the needs of Scotland's prison population, including the expansion of multi-disciplinary mental health teams in prisons, reports of good relationships between NHS and the Scottish Prison Service (SPS), and the availability of training for health ...

Estimating the prevalence of mental health needs of Scotland's prison population can assist in planning service provision effectively in order to reduce the gap between health needs and interventions. However, data on the mental health needs of Scotland's prison population, and whether these are being met, are not currently collected centrally.

The scale of severe and enduring mental health problems in Scotland. The processes involved. The impact on the prison. Issues on release. Prison-based and community interventions. Reasons for use of prison for people with severe mental health problems. FINDINGS. Prevalence. 4. A very large proportion of prisoners have some form of mental health ...

1. Introduction. People in prison are more likely to have mental health needs 1 than the general population, from common problems such as anxiety, depression and substance dependency to serious mental disorder including schizophrenia (1, 2).These mental health needs are highly comorbid, meaning these individuals frequently experience multiple co-occurring problems ().

Introduction: This study reports on an assessment of mental health needs among Scotland's prison population which aimed to describe the scale and nature of need as well as identify opportunities to improve upon the services available. The project was commissioned by the Scottish Government to ensure that future changes to the services available ...

Prisoners: health in prison. Note: where possible, figures below will be updated following publication of the 2024 SPS Prisoner Survey. Alcohol. The latest Scottish Prisoner Survey was published in 2020 by the Scottish Prison Service and represents people in custody in Scotland during 2019. It is a voluntary, self-completion survey, so the questionnaire or sections of it may be left unanswered.

Background: Mental wellbeing among people in prison is poorly studied, despite featuring in many health and justice policies. We aimed to describe for the first time mental wellbeing among an unselected national prison sample. Methods: Since 2013, the Scottish Prisoner Survey-a biennial survey of people in custody in Scotland-has included the Warwick-Edinburgh mental wellbeing scale (WEMWBS ...

New figures have highlighted the growing crisis within Scotland’s prison system, as the number of inmate deaths has risen sharply by 60% over the past year. A report from the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research reveals that 64 individuals died in custody in 2024—up from 40 in the previous year.

The scale of severe and enduring mental health problems in prisons in Scotland. The processes involved. The impact on the prison. Issues on release. Prison-based and community interventions. Reasons for use of prison for people with severe mental health problems. 2.6 The three key approaches to inspection are relevant to the current thematic ...

Introduction: This study reports on an assessment of mental health needs among Scotland's prison population which aimed to describe the scale and nature of need as well as identify opportunities to improve upon the services available. The project was commissioned by the Scottish Government to ensure that future changes to the services available to support the mental health and wellbeing of ...

NHS Scotland is responsible for the provision of healthcare including mental healthcare to those in prisons, but it is recognized that other partners including SPS, prison-based social work teams and third sector organizations work together and independently to support the mental health of individuals in prison.

Given the extent of mental health needs among Scotland's prison population, it is essential to have effective, consistent, and cohesive management of mental health, substance use and neurodevelopmental service provision in prisons. While mental health is a whole-prison concern, involving multiple agencies working in partnership, the NHS has ...

MENTAL HEALTH AND SCOTLAND’S PRISON POPULATION 9 Obtaining definitive data as to the extent of mental health problems is complex due to how the information is recorded. The 2012 Commission on Women Offenders estimated that 80% of all women in prison in Scotland had mental health problems8.

Data on Opioid subsitution therapy (OST) in prisons, addiction prevalence testing (APT) and statistics on number of people recorded as homeless on release from prison ... The intention is to create a navigational hub for prison health data in Scotland called the Prison Health Information Dashboard. The dashboard contains data on drug-related ...

Shepherd and colleagues investigated the social and emotional wellbeing of 122 Aboriginal people in prison using a bespoke culturally specific survey, which is unlikely to be transferable to Scotland. 25 Leidenfrost et al. studied subjective wellbeing and psychological health among 43 people with serious mental illness in a New York prison ...

The number of people dying in prison in Scotland has risen 60% in a year to 64, making the mortality rate one of the highest in Europe, according to a report. The Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research (SCCJR) said deaths rose from 40 in 2023 to 64 in 2024, with the majority due to a health condition, suicide, or drug-related causes.

In Phase III prevalence estimates of several mental health needs were derived for Scotland's current prison population, modeled from a national survey dataset of Scotland's community population ...

The Office of National Statistics published a landmark report in 1998 on the mental health needs of people in prison (Singleton, Gatward & Meltzer, 1998). Over 3,000 people were surveyed and assessed through standardised clinical interviews across all prisons in England and Wales. ... (2007) report remains the most recent national assessment of ...