Managing returns to prison from medium-secure services: qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Little is known about factors that influence discharge decision-making for people admitted to medium-secure services from prison, particularly for those who are returned to prison following treatment.

Aims

To explore the organisational influences on care pathways through medium-secure services for those admitted from prison.

Method

We recruited 24 clinicians via purposive and snowball sampling; 13 shared their experiences via a focus group, and 11 shared their experiences via individual semi-structured interviews. A thematic analysis was conducted, producing three overarching themes: maintenance of throughput and service provision, class of two systems, and desirable and undesirable patients.

Results

Data indicated external factors that direct and, a

SUBMITTER: Leonard SJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8220853 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature