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'Out of Sight, Out of Mind', the state of mental healthcare in prisons; report by Policy Exchange (August 2008)

'From the Inside' is based on interviews with prisoners in the West Midlands. It sets out what prisoners themselves say they need to improve their mental health.

'More Voices of Bitter Experience' , Guardian piece by insiders on why greater awareness and better funding for mental health would benefit prisoners as well as the wider community (Guardian, June 25th, 2008).

Trencin Statement available on Sainsbury's Centre for Mental Health website. (Regular news available via SCMH e-bulletin).

There was a recent conference at St. John's University, York, to launch the BACP Counselling in Prisons network. Please watch this space for more information as well as keeping an eye on the BACP website itself.

Statistics of Mentally Disordered Offenders, Ministry of Justice statistical bulletin, December 2007.

Click here for a link to the Home Office Website for Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Prisons where you can download a PDF file of the thematic review of the care and support of prisoners with mental health needs (October 2007).

New Sainsbury's Centre for Mental Health (November 2007) paper which looks at ways in which this could be achieved and makes policy recommendations to help the NHS build up a primary care mental health service in every English prison. Download PDF here.

Lord Carter's Review of Prisons, December 2007. Download PDF here.