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McLeod, K. E., Wong, K. A., Rajaratnam, S., Guyatt, P., Di Pelino, S., Zaki, N., Akbari, H., Kerrigan, C., Jones, R., Norris, E., Liauw, J., Butler, A., Kish, N., Plugge, E., Harriott, P., & Kouyoumdjian, F. G. (2025). Health conditions among women in prisons: a systematic review. The Lancet Public Health. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468-2667(25)00092-1

Favril, L., Rich, J. D., Hard, J., & Fazel, S. (2024). Mental and physical health morbidity among people in prisons: an umbrella review. The Lancet Public Health, 9(4), e250-e260. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468-2667(24)00023-9

Kinner, S. A., & Young, J. T. (2018). Understanding and improving the health of people who experience incarceration: An overview and synthesis. Epidemiol Rev, 40(1), 4-11. https://doi.org/10.1093/epirev/mxx018

Kouyoumdjian, F., Schuler, A., Matheson, F. I., & Hwang, S. W. (2016). Health status of prisoners in Canada: Narrative review. Canadian Family Physician, 62(3), 215-222. https://www.cfp.ca/content/62/3/215.long

Fazel, S., Hayes, A. J., Bartellas, K., Clerici, M., & Trestman, R. (2016). Mental health of prisoners: prevalence, adverse outcomes, and interventions. The lancet. Psychiatry, 3(9), 871-881. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(16)30142-0

Kinner, S. A., & Wang, E. A. (2014). The case for improving the health of ex-prisoners. American Journal of Public Health, 104(8), 1352-1355. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2014.301883

Fazel, S., & Baillargeon, J. (2011). The health of prisoners. The Lancet, 377(9769), 956-965. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(10)61053-7

Webinar video of the public launch of the Prison Health Research Council

“Centering Lived Experience of Incarceration in Research” at Community-Based Research Canada’s January 2026 E-Learning session.

Caring for People who are Detained: Maximizing Patient Safety and Minimizing Harms – Zine: https://caringforpeople.squarespace.com/

College of Family Physicians of Canada’s Working as a Physician in Correctional Facilities in Canada: https://www.cfpc.ca/CFPC/media/Resources/Prison-Health/Working-as-a-Physician-in-Corrections-Facilities-in-Canada.pdf 

World Medical Association’s Prison Medicine: Course for Physicians Working in Prison – Human Rights/Ethics https://www.wma.net/what-we-do/education/prison-medicine/

The Collaborating Centre for Prison Health & Education’s Guidelines for Family Physicians Working with Formerly Incarcerated People https://med-fom-familymed-ccphe.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2019/01/Guidelines-for-Family-Physicians-print-CFPC-endorsement.pdf

Article on principles for caring for people who are in custody but accessing care in the community: https://www.cmaj.ca/content/188/17-18/1249