University of Derby, UK.
The Well Communities, Lancashire, UK.
Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol. 2024 Aug;68(10-11):1161-1174. doi: 10.1177/0306624X221110809. Epub 2022 Aug 11.
During COVID and lockdown, many prisoners have not only been affected by infection transmission in crowded and ill-equipped institutions, they have also been separated from a range of supports, including loss of family and professional supports and support for prisoners with addiction and/or mental health problems has been disrupted. This paper reports on evidence of how peer-based recovery organizations have attempted to mitigate these adverse effects, based on a case study of one prison in the North-West of England, using a range of routine reporting data and original research data. The paper shows how prison-based peer recovery support has not only continued through lockdown but grown both in the prison and in continuing care on release. The key conclusion is that Lived Experience Recovery Organizations (LEROs) have a vital role to play in offering continuing care to prison populations both to support early recovery and to sustain change around release back into the community, in COVID but also more generally.
在新冠疫情和封锁期间，许多囚犯不仅受到拥挤和设备简陋的机构中传染病传播的影响，而且还失去了一系列支持，包括失去家庭和专业支持，以及对有吸毒和/或精神健康问题的囚犯的支持也被打乱。本文基于英格兰西北部一所监狱的案例研究，报告了同伴康复组织试图减轻这些不利影响的证据，该案例研究使用了一系列常规报告数据和原始研究数据。本文展示了监狱内同伴康复支持不仅在封锁期间得以持续，而且在监狱内和出狱后的持续护理中都有所增长。关键结论是，生活体验康复组织（LEROs）在为监狱人口提供持续护理方面发挥着至关重要的作用，不仅有助于支持早期康复，还有助于在新冠疫情期间以及更普遍的情况下维持出狱后重返社区的变化。
