The effectiveness of partnerships between school stakeholders and health education stakeholders can be measured by their adherence to two principles: the integration of health education...

Prison is a cause of illness and death; it is a place of regression, despair, self-harm, and suicide; here are a few excerpts from the opinion of the National Consultative Ethics...

Since 1987, health education and promotion initiatives have been carried out in various institutions across the Aquitaine region by the Aquitaine Regional Committee for Health Education...

The author presents an analysis of the approach taken by the Ille-et-Vilaine Departmental Health Education Committee over the course of four years of work with female inmates at the...

The author, from the Population Health Office at the D.G.S., outlines the approach—as part of the reform of healthcare organization in prisons—to prevention and health education designed...

The author, a member of the Ministry of Social Affairs’ task force on healthcare in prisons, outlines the main provisions of Law 94-43, which establishes the framework for a new...

The author, a magistrate with the Directorate of Prison Administration, provides a statistical overview of the prison population in France: trends in the number of inmates, age,...

Pierre-Jacques Dusseau collected testimonies from inmates and prison staff. The goal was to describe prison life in their own words and to highlight the inmates’ health concerns.

Since 1994, the health care of inmates has been entrusted to the public hospital system. Prison staff have established partnerships with all stakeholders in the prison system,...

Jean-Marie Delarue served as Inspector General of Places of Detention from June 2008 to June 2014. In this capacity, he visited every French correctional facility (including those in the...