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Nigerian prisoners' experience: prison circumstances, family support and sleep quality
This study aims to determine the association between prison circumstances, perceived family support and sleep quality among male inmates at the Ibara prison, Ogun State.DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH: It was a cross-sectional study of 300 male inmates interviewed with socio-demographic proforma and Pittsburgh sleep quality index.FINDINGS: While all respondents described the prison as being overcrowded, half of them used inappropriate sleeping materials daily and 41.4% decried a very noisy environment at night. Twenty-seven percent of the respondents described poor family support while 47.3% experienced poor sleep quality. Tho...
Source: International Journal of Prisoner Health - October 17, 2023 Category: Criminology Authors: Omokehinde Olubunmi Fakorede Peter Olutunde Onifade Oluyinka Emmanuel Majekodunmi Adefunke Omosefe DadeMatthews Source Type: research

What are the factors of parental incarceration that may increase risk of poor emotional and mental health in children of prisoners?
Matthew Charles Thorne, Nick de Viggiani, Emma Plugge International Journal of Prisoner Health, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- Globally millions of children have a parent who is imprisoned. Research suggests that this has an adverse impact on the child and imprisonment of a parent is considered to be an adverse childhood experience (ACE). Parental incarceration will not only affect the child but the entire household and may result in further ACEs such as household dysfunction and parental separation making this group of children particularly vulnerable. This scoping review aims to adopt an international per...
Source: International Journal of Prisoner Health - September 22, 2023 Category: Criminology Authors: Matthew Charles Thorne Nick de Viggiani Emma Plugge Source Type: research

What are the factors of parental incarceration that may increase risk of poor emotional and mental health in children of prisoners?
Int J Prison Health. 2023 Sep 26;ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print). doi: 10.1108/IJPH-05-2022-0031.ABSTRACTPURPOSE: Globally millions of children have a parent who is imprisoned. Research suggests that this has an adverse impact on the child and imprisonment of a parent is considered to be an adverse childhood experience (ACE). Parental incarceration will not only affect the child but the entire household and may result in further ACEs such as household dysfunction and parental separation making this group of children particularly vulnerable. This scoping review aims to adopt an international perspective to comprehensively ex...
Source: International Journal of Prisoner Health - September 22, 2023 Category: Criminology Authors: Matthew Charles Thorne Nick de Viggiani Emma Plugge Source Type: research