The purpose of this study was
to compare social and environmental historical and contextual risk factors
between prisoners with intellectual disabilities and those without intellectual
disabilities, and to investigate whether prisoners with intellectual
disabilities were more likely to be placed on remand in prison (awaiting trial
or sentencing) compared to those without intellectual disabilities, after
controlling for socio-demographic factors such as age, gender, ethnicity,
accommodation status and nature of offences.
In this study, we carried out a
secondary analysis of data from the 1997 Prison survey, which included 131
prisons in England and Wales. A fixed sampling fraction was used to obtain a
representative sample of prisoners.
A total of 3563 prisoners were approached
and 3142 (88%) prisoners gave informed consent to be interviewed. Of these, 170
were identified as having intellectual disabilities using the Quick Test.
Prisoners with intellectual disabilities were more likely to have lived in
institutions or taken into local authority care and more likely to live in
temporary accommodation. They were less likely to have had a paid job or any
educational qualifications and more likely to perceive a lack of social
support. Prisoners with intellectual disabilities were more likely to be placed
on remand and were less likely to be sentenced, even after controlling for
socio-demographic factors and nature of offence.
This study suggests that
prisons should be more pro-active at identifying people with intellectual
disabilities and ensuring that their needs are met, including appropriate
access to bail and court diversion schemes.
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By: Ali A1, Ghosh S2, Strydom A3, Hassiotis A4.
- 1Division of Psychiatry, University College London, 6th Floor Maple House, 149 Tottenham Court Road, London W1T 7NF, UK. Electronic address: afia.ali@ucl.ac.uk.
- 2Violence Prevention Research Unit, Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, Queen Mary University of London, William Harvey House, 61 Bartholomew Close, London EC1A 7BE, UK. Electronic address: s.ghosh@qmul.ac.uk.
- 3Division of Psychiatry, University College London, 6th Floor Maple House, 149 Tottenham Court Road, London W1T 7NF, UK. Electronic address: a.strydom@ucl.ac.uk.
- 4Division of Psychiatry, University College London, 6th Floor Maple House, 149 Tottenham Court Road, London W1T 7NF, UK. Electronic address: a.hassiotis@ucl.ac.uk.
- Res Dev Disabil. 2016 Feb 24;53-54:189-197. doi: 10.1016/j.ridd.2016.02.004.
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