Establishing a ‘Corstonian’ continuous care pathway for drug using female prisoners: linking Drug Recovery Wings and Women’s Community Services

TY - JOUR

T1 - Establishing a ‘Corstonian’ continuous care pathway for drug using female prisoners

T2 - linking Drug Recovery Wings and Women’s Community Services

AU - Grace, Sharon

AU - Page, Geoff

AU - Lloyd, Charlie

AU - Templeton, Lorna

AU - Kougali, Zetta

AU - McKeganey, Neil

AU - Liebling, Alison

AU - Roberts, Paul

AU - Russell, Chris

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PY - 2016

Y1 - 2016

N2 - This article outlines the findings from a rapid assessment of pilot Drug Recovery Wings (DRWs) in two women’s prisons and compares the DRW approach with work undertaken in Women’s Community Services (WCSs) commended by the Corston Report (2007). The findings indicate that DRW1 was working more successfully in providing a ‘Corstonian’ approach than DRW2 and the reasons behind this are explored. The paper argues that, whilst pockets of good practice such as WCSs and ‘Corstonian’ DRWs are to be commended, unless there is a continuous care pathway, modelled on Corston’s ideas for working with vulnerable female offenders such as recovering drug users, such work will be limited in its effectiveness. Ideas for how such a systematic approach might work will be outlined.

AB - This article outlines the findings from a rapid assessment of pilot Drug Recovery Wings (DRWs) in two women’s prisons and compares the DRW approach with work undertaken in Women’s Community Services (WCSs) commended by the Corston Report (2007). The findings indicate that DRW1 was working more successfully in providing a ‘Corstonian’ approach than DRW2 and the reasons behind this are explored. The paper argues that, whilst pockets of good practice such as WCSs and ‘Corstonian’ DRWs are to be commended, unless there is a continuous care pathway, modelled on Corston’s ideas for working with vulnerable female offenders such as recovering drug users, such work will be limited in its effectiveness. Ideas for how such a systematic approach might work will be outlined.

KW - female prisoners

KW - drug users

KW - care pathway

KW - community services

U2 - 10.1177/1748895816632029

DO - 10.1177/1748895816632029

M3 - Article

SN - 1748-8958

JO - Criminology and criminal justice

JF - Criminology and criminal justice

ER -