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Mental health
fromPsychology Today
1 day ago

Christmas in a Women's Prison: Awakening Unmet Needs

Women in prison experience high rates of childhood trauma, domestic violence-related acquired brain injury, and increased stress during holidays, with institutions sometimes offering relative safety.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

Women's prisons report finds 97 deaths in decade as self-harm hits record high

Over the past decade 97 women have died in prisons in England and Wales, as incidents of self-harm among female prisoners reach the highest level on record, a new report has found. Inquest, the charity that produced the report, collated Ministry of Justice (MoJ) figures since 2015 to arrive at a total number of deaths. It said the numbers were evidence for its case that all women's prisons should be closed.
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