Who Cares? Exploring distress in prison from the perspective of people in prison

Prisons, by their very nature, are likely to be associated with sadness, discomfort and deprivations. But with self-inflicted deaths over six times more likely to occur amongst prisoners than in the general population, it is a sad and troubling fact that they remain an enduring part of prison life.

By exploring distress in prison from the perspective of those who live there, and drawing from a range of other sources including television documentaries and podcasts, newspaper articles, academic and grey literature, this report focuses on how aspects of the prison environment can interact with well-known self-harm and suicide risk factors to either reduce or increase risk further.