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Memorandum from Dr. Alice Mills. Preventing Deaths in Custody. Main causes of deaths in custody
No full textTraditionally, suicide in prison has been seen as being caused by individual, internal traits or characteristics, such as psychological defects and many early studies mentioned the high preponderance of mental illness/psychiatric contact and substance misuse among those who commit suicide in prison.However, as prisons tend to “specialise” in people with mental health problems and substance misusers, any prediction made on the basis of these factors is likely to generate a high number of false positives. In order to distinguish those at risk from suicide/self-harm from those who are not, it is necessary to look for other indicators of vulnerability
Mental health in-reach: the way forward for prison?
No full textAlice Mills discusses her research on the workings of a prison wing set
up specifically for vulnerable prisoners, many of them with mental
health problems, and considers the implications of her findings for the
new mental health ‘in-reach’ teams being introduced in prisons across
England and Wale
Portrait of Dr. D. Cameron, Senate, Vic., 1938 [picture] /
No full textTitle from inscription on reverse.; Condition: Fair.; Inscriptions: "Dr. D. Cameron, Senate, Vict., 1938" --In ink on reverse. Photographers stamp on reverse
Portrait of Ronald Munro Ferguson [picture] /
No full textTitle from inscription on photograph.; Condition: Good.; Inscriptions: "R. M. Ferguson" --Signed in ink lower centre. "Alice Mills, The Centreway, 261 Collins St., Melb." --Printed lower right corner
Portrait of J.B. O'Hara [picture] /
No full textCondition : Good.; Inscriptions: "J. B. O'Hara" --Signed in ink bottom centre. "Alice Mills, The Centreway, 261 Collins St. Melb." --Printed lower right corner.; Title from signature
Conclusion
No full textThe conclusion synthesises the different chapters by identifying the key messages and strategies running across them. It is argued that in adopting a variety of critical perspectives through which to revisit mental health in prison, the book challenges the dominant narrative of individualism and pathology. The collection furthermore provides examples of strategies designed to address both the immediate pains of imprisonment and the longer-term goal of creating equal, healthy and sustainable communities with improved mental health for all and imprisonment for none. Taken together, the critical analyses presented here suggest that we can best achieve this end by creating alliances among a diverse collection of academics, activists, prisoners and other criminalised persons, individuals with lived experience of mental health issues and practitioners
Portrait of Edward Augustus Petherick and his wife Mary Agnes Petherick [picture] /
No full textTitle devised by cataloguer based on information from reverse of photograph and the Petherick biographical file.; Part of Edward Augustus Petherick collection.; Inscriptions: "Alice Mills the Centreway, 267 Collins St. Melb."--Printed on mount lower right.; Condition: Good.; Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an22093177
Prisoners’ families and offender management: mobilizing social capital
No full textInterest in prisoners' families has grown considerably in recent years as the link between family support and reduced recidivism is increasingly recognized. This article explores the potential role of prisoners' families in reducing re-offending by reviewing the research literature to assess the contribution that family ties can make to effective resettlement and desistance from crime. Like other commentators, such as Farrall (2004) and Wolff and Draine (2004), the authors draw on the concept of 'social capital' to provide key insights into the importance of family relationships for encouraging desistance. Potential ways to mobilize this social capital are considered and the article concludes with reflections on the likelihood of such measures being deployed by offender managers in the current penal context, and assesses whether the shift to offender management is likely to boost recognition of prisoners' family relationship
Portrait of Arthur Stanislaus Rodgers, M.H.R., Wannon, Victoria [picture] /
No full textTitle from caption on compactus card.; Condition: Good, but glued to card.; Inscriptions: "Alice Mills, Melbourne" --Blind stamp lower right corner.; "Rodgers, Hon. Arthur Stanislaus, M.H.R., Wannon, Victoria" --Compactus card.; Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an24166592
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