Reports, Books & Manuals
Understanding Prison Staff (Bennett, 2007)
Mental Health Awareness for Prison Staff (Musselwhite, et al., 2004)
Doing Prison Work (Crawley, 2004)
Mental Health Awareness Training for Prison Officers: Evaluation of a training video (Walsh, 2004)
Health in prisons. A WHO guide to the essentials in prison health (Stöver, Jürgens, Gatherer & Nikogosian, 2007)
This publication makes recommendation to improve inmates’ mental health given that the initial period into a prison can be traumatic and exacerbate emotional instability and/or mental health issues. Among the multiple recommendation are: clear procedures during the induction period to reduce mental distress and reception staff training to identify warning signs of distress and mental health problems; an environment that sends a message of positive expectations and respect and promoting anti-bullying and anti-mobbing.
Mental Health Awareness for Prison Staff (Musselwhite, et al., 2004)
Doing Prison Work (Crawley, 2004)
Mental Health Awareness Training for Prison Officers: Evaluation of a training video (Walsh, 2004)
Health in prisons. A WHO guide to the essentials in prison health (Stöver, Jürgens, Gatherer & Nikogosian, 2007)
This publication makes recommendation to improve inmates’ mental health given that the initial period into a prison can be traumatic and exacerbate emotional instability and/or mental health issues. Among the multiple recommendation are: clear procedures during the induction period to reduce mental distress and reception staff training to identify warning signs of distress and mental health problems; an environment that sends a message of positive expectations and respect and promoting anti-bullying and anti-mobbing.
Articles & Other publications
Stress management techniques in the prison setting (Kristofersson, et al., 2013)
Pre-prison, prison, post-prison: post traumatic stress symptom (Murphy, 2004)
Causes of Correctional Officer Stress and Its Consequences ( McCarthy, 2012)
Stress and the Effects of Working in a High Security Prison (Micieli, 2008)
The Impact of the Work Environment on Prison Staff: The Issue of Consideration, Structure, Job Variety, and Training ( Lambert, et al., 2009)
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction in Prison: Experiences of Inmates, Instructors, and Prison Staff (Bouw, 2019)
Stress, the Correctional Officer’s Silent Killer
A publication from 2013 by a criminal justice study done by the National Criminal Justice corrections program group about stress in prison and detention facilities, ideas for mitigation and advantages of its effective reduction.
“LEADCOR” project approved for funding by the European Commission
This publication on IPS website page celebrates the project’s EU funding and presents both the project and the strategic partnership involved in its development and implementation.
Pre-prison, prison, post-prison: post traumatic stress symptom (Murphy, 2004)
Causes of Correctional Officer Stress and Its Consequences ( McCarthy, 2012)
Stress and the Effects of Working in a High Security Prison (Micieli, 2008)
The Impact of the Work Environment on Prison Staff: The Issue of Consideration, Structure, Job Variety, and Training ( Lambert, et al., 2009)
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction in Prison: Experiences of Inmates, Instructors, and Prison Staff (Bouw, 2019)
Stress, the Correctional Officer’s Silent Killer
A publication from 2013 by a criminal justice study done by the National Criminal Justice corrections program group about stress in prison and detention facilities, ideas for mitigation and advantages of its effective reduction.
“LEADCOR” project approved for funding by the European Commission
This publication on IPS website page celebrates the project’s EU funding and presents both the project and the strategic partnership involved in its development and implementation.
