Women prisoners and health justice perspectives, issues and advocacy for an international hidden population

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The ongoing struggle for ethical ideals : justice and human rights / Anne Davis -- Social capital : a lens for examining health of incarcerated and formerly incarcerated women / Virginia Olesen -- Challenges incarcerated women face as they return to their communities : findings from life history interviews / Beth Richie -- Women, health and prisons in Australia / Judy Parker, Debbie Kilroy and Jonathan Hirst -- Incarceration of women in Britain : a matter of madness / Paul Godin and Kathleen Kendall -- The importance of gender in US prisons / Nancy Stoller -- Prisons are sickening : what do we do about it? / Karlene Faith -- Achieving sustainable improvement in the health of women in prisons : the approach of the WHO Health in Prisons project / Alex Gatherer, Lars Møller and Paul Hayton -- Standards for prison health care : US and British approaches / Nancy Stoller and Alex Gatherer -- Ethics for health care providers : codes as guidance for practice in prisons / Janet Storch and Cindy Peternelj-Taylor -- Advocacy / Donna Willmott -- Teaching and learning for social transformation / Judy Parker, Lisa Reynolds and Donna Willmott -- Women prisoners and health justice : challenges and recommendations / Anastasia Fisher, Diane Hatton and Jane Dorotik.