Dr Janet Weston discusses the complexities of Ireland getting to grips with HIV and AIDS during the mid -1990s, and the services for injecting drug users in Mountjoy prison.
Tag: 20th century
“Why Should a Man Rule ‘The Castle’?”: Early Twentieth-Century Debates over the Appointment of Female Governors and Medical Officers in Women’s Prisons
In this blog, Dr Rachel Bennett examines historical debates over the appointment of female governors and medical officers in women’s prisons
The health of suffragette prisoners: force-feeding and vomiting
In this blog post, William Murphy explores the contested meaning of vomiting in the force-feeding of suffragettes
Beyond Reading Gaol: Prison Writings and Mental Illness
Drawing on research from our ‘Prisoners and Mental Illness’ theme, Hilary Marland reveals how nineteenth-century prison memoirs illuminate experiences of mental breakdown in prison
AIDS 2016 and Condoms for Prisoners
Dr Janet Weston considers how little progress has been made since the 1980s in addressing the problem of HIV and related infections among prisoners.
HIV/AIDS in Prisons, 1980-2000
Janet Weston
The emergence of HIV/AIDS in the 1980s presented particular challenges for prison medicine. Prison populations were quickly identified as having high rates of infection and of high-risk behaviours, and international organisations such as the World Health Organisation repeatedly called on governments to take action.
Mentally Disordered Prisoners: Drawing on History
Hilary Marland and Catherine Cox reflect on the history of prisoner mental health
Suicide Risk and the Young Offender, 1945-1973
Fiachra Byrne on suicide and self-harm amongst juvenile prisoners
Policy Workshop: The Prison and Mental Health. From Confinement to Diversion
Conveners: Hilary Marland (University of Warwick) and Catherine Cox (University College Dublin)
12 February 2016. Warwick Business School, London Campus, Eastern Lecture Theatre, The Shard, London
Prisoners and Mental Illness in Prisons, 1850–2000
Catherine Cox and Hilary Marland
Mental breakdown was often attributed to the intrinsic mental weakness of the prison population …
Mental Illness and Juvenile Prisoners, 1850–2000
Fiachra Byrne
Focusing on the ‘disturbed’ child who exhibited a pathological pattern of behaviour in detention settings …
Management of Health and Disease, 1850–1950
Margaret Charleroy
The physician was responsible for determining the maximum physical stress each inmate could safely endure …
Exploring the history of prisoner health 