The thought of prison takes one’s mind to cold, sterile cells, barbed wires, and the weight of past mistakes. It’s easy to ...

If William Murray created a painting he wasn’t happy with, he wouldn’t disregard it and start over on a fresh canvas, as some artists might. Instead, his wife, Angie Murray, said, he would keep ...

A six month-long project, implemented to provide mental health and psychosocial support services for some prison inmates and officers, has ended in Tamale.It was implemented in seven prisons across ...

But one constant throughout has been the long-running and severely neglected mental health crisis in our prisons. With self-harm cases increasing by 73% between 2012-2016, and suicides also on the ...

While the prison reported releasing 164 inmates between April 11 and May 11, it admitted 163 new inmates. Mirror Staff Writer Kay Stephens is at 814-946-7456. Newsletter ...

A facility designed to help prisoners with complex mental illness and cognitive disabilities transition out of custody has been repurposed to make room for the growing prison population.

A mental health workshop was yesterday held for senior prisons officers. The meeting at Chiromo Hospital was attended by more than 30 officers. It was meant to prepare them on coping with ...

Patrick Aranduh, Commissioner General, Kenya Prisons Service welcomed the move, noting that the lack of mechanisms to cope with stress and other mental health issues has had a toll on many people.

A term of art, a mental health evaluation is a comprehensive ... screening that occurs at intake,” the report read. The prisons also lack enough health care workers, which has led to rushed ...