Regular reviews of articles and reports on key issues in prison hospice and palliative care. Click on the red icon to download a PDF of each report.
December 2024
HIGHLIGHTS: Establishing
national standards for carceral healthcare; Indigenous community-controlled
prison health service for First Nations people; life without parole and
euthanasia; the complexity of palliative care for those in prison; bereavement support in prisons; why
correctional facilities should more widely implement medical parole for
incarcerated individuals
HIGHLIGHTS: The unique needs of senior inmates; healthcare barriers for incarcerated Indigenous
Peoples; governance of prison healthcare; facilitators and
barriers in palliative and end-of-life care in prisons; prison clinicians,
hospital clinicians and correctional officers perspectives on palliative care; inmate’s documentary on
dying alone wins first-ever prison film festival and parole on the same day
HIGHLIGHTS: Moving elderly prisoners to secure care homes; ethical and
organizational issues of healthcare services in prison;
palliative care
needs and experiences of people in prison; who
gets compassionate release; interesting reads you might have missed
HIGHLIGHTS: Prisons becoming
nursing homes; human rights issues; prison health surveillance; the concept of
“prison hospice”; quality, culturally safe, people-centred healthcare and
services in correctional facilities; coping with a father’s death behind bars;
interesting readings you might have missed
HIGHLIGHTS: Impact of prison on
elderly inmates; governance of healthcare in custody; the role of prison
healthcare; facilitating palliative care for people in prison; medical decision-making
in correctional facilities; medical assistance in dying
HIGHLIGHTS: Health equity for people living in correctional facilities; unmet healthcare needs of incarcerated Indigenous peoples; end of life in hospitalized prisoners; medical assistance in
dying for prisoners
HIGHLIGHTS: Healthcare and
healthcare governance in prisons; dying in prison; do community hospices
support prisons to provide end-of-life care; grief and bereavement in the
prison environment