Pierre-Jacques Dusseau collected testimonies from inmates and prison staff. The goal was to describe prison life in their own words and to highlight the inmates’ health concerns.

The highest number of accidents occurs during physical education classes at school, a fact that is likely linked to circadian rhythms (biological rhythms). An observational study was...

The author, a magistrate with the Directorate of Prison Administration, provides a statistical overview of the prison population in France: trends in the number of inmates, age,...

The author, who heads the Lyon Regional Correctional Services Office, draws on a study of inmate morbidity conducted in 1988 and 1989 by the Lyon Association of Criminology and Social...

The author, a member of the Ministry of Social Affairs’ task force on healthcare in prisons, outlines the main provisions of Law 94-43, which establishes the framework for a new...

The authors describe the context and factors to be considered in a health education program within a prison setting. Factors concerning inmates: physical and mental health issues,...

The author, from the Population Health Office at the D.G.S., outlines the approach—as part of the reform of healthcare organization in prisons—to prevention and health education designed...

The author, a professor at the E.N.S.P., examines health education in the prison system from an ethical perspective, which he defines in terms of its etymology and its purpose. It...

The author presents an analysis of the approach taken by the Ille-et-Vilaine Departmental Health Education Committee over the course of four years of work with female inmates at the...

Brief overview of an oral health awareness initiative (regular care, good hygiene) for inmates, particularly drug addicts; a support program for inmates to reduce the risk of recidivism...