Still Dying on the Inside: Examining deaths in women’s prisons (May 2018)
Still Dying on the Inside highlights the lack of action from successive governments to prevent deaths and puts forward a series of recommendations to close women’s prisons by redirecting resources from criminal justice to community-based services.
94 women have died in prison since the 2007 publication of Baroness Corston’s ground-breaking review of women in the criminal justice system. 2016 was the deadliest year on record with 22 deaths in women’s prisons.
Still Dying on the Inside reframes deaths in custody as a form of violence against women, given many women’s experiences of domestic violence, abuse and trauma. The report identifies serious safety failures inside prisons around self-harm and suicide management and inadequate healthcare provision. It also highlights the lack of action on recommendations arising from post-death investigations and inquests.
▻https://www.inquest.org.uk/still-dying-on-the-inside-report
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