Resource Summary
Women in prison have disproportionately higher levels of health and social care needs than their male counterparts in prison and women in the general population. High numbers of women in prison experience poor physical and mental health and many are living with trauma.
Findings from this Review further highlight the vulnerability and adverse life experiences of many women in prison. Mothers feel keenly the separation from their children that imprisonment brings, and women who are mentally unwell are still being sent to prison. None of this is new. Women make up a small proportion (around 4%) of the overall prison population and can sometimes be overlooked in a majority male estate.
Resource Information
| Format: | report or research |
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| Author: | Emma Sweet; Jenny Talbot OBE |
| Organisation: | NHSE and HMPPS |
| Themes: | bereavement, grief and loss, domestic and sexual abuse, family, parenting and relationships, mental health, multiple disadvantage, physical health and wellbeing, substance misuse |
| Published: | November 2023 |
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