Society guideline links: Health care of criminal justice-involved populations

Introduction — This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.

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Links to related guidelines are provided separately.

●(See "Society guideline links: General prenatal care".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Management of hepatitis B" and "Society guideline links: Hepatitis B vaccination".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Hepatitis C virus infection".)

●(See "Society guideline links: HIV prevention" and "Society guideline links: HIV screening and diagnostic testing" and "Society guideline links: HIV treatment in nonpregnant adults and adolescents" and "Society guideline links: HIV treatment in pregnant patients" and "Society guideline links: Primary care of adults with HIV".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Opioid use disorder and withdrawal".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Screening for lung cancer".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Sexually transmitted infections".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Smoking cessation, e-cigarettes, and tobacco control".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Substance misuse in pregnancy".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Toxic alcohol poisoning".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Treatment of acute poisoning caused by specific agents other than drugs of abuse".)

Links to guidelines related to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are also provided separately.

●(See "Society guideline links: COVID-19 – Index of guideline topics".)

International

●World Medical Association (WMA): Statement on body searches of prisoners (1993, revised 2016)

●International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP): Recommendations on preventing suicide in prison, part I (2007)

United States

●Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Recommendations and guidance on correctional health

●Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP): Health management resources

●National Commission on Correctional Health Care (NCCHC): Guidelines, management tools, white papers

●NCCHC: Position statements

●CDC: Guidance on management of COVID-19 in homeless service sites and in correctional and detention facilities (2023)

●American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG): Committee opinion on reproductive health care for incarcerated pregnant, postpartum, and nonpregnant individuals (2021)

●Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA): Principles of community-based behavioral health services for justice-involved individuals – A research-based guide (2019)

●National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA): A research-based guide on principles of drug abuse treatment for criminal justice populations, 3rd edition (2014, revised 2018)

●SAMHSA: Guidelines of successful transition of people with mental or substance use disorders from jail and prison – Implementation guide (2017)

●American Diabetes Association (ADA): Position statement for diabetes management in correctional institutions (2014)

●SAMHSA: A Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) on substance abuse treatment for adults in the criminal justice system (2005, revised 2014)

●Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nursing (AWHONN): Position statement on shackling incarcerated pregnant women (2011)

Europe

●European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA): Drug use in prison − Assessment report (2014)

●World Health Organization (WHO) Europe: Prisons and health (2014)

●WHO Europe and United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC): Women's health in prison − Correcting gender inequity in prison health (2009)

United Kingdom

●National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE): Guideline for preventing suicide in community and custodial settings (2018)

●NICE: Quality standard on the mental health of adults in contact with the criminal justice system (2018)

●NICE: Guideline on the mental health of adults in contact with the criminal justice system (2017)

●NICE: Quality standard on the physical health of people in prisons (2017)

●NICE: Guideline on the physical health of people in prison (2016)

●NICE: Quality standard for infection prevention and control (2014)

Japan

●World Medical Association (WMA): Declaration of Tokyo − Guidelines for physicians concerning torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment in relation to detention and imprisonment (1975, revised 2016)