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Loading... Dying Behind Bars : How can we better support people in prison at the end of life?by Rini Jones
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Apr 26, 2021
A significant rise in deaths, together with an increasingly sick and older prison population, has led to a corresponding rise in need for end of life care - a need that Hospice UK’s new report - Dying Behind Bars - says is not being adequately met. ... It is well evidenced that end of life care in the UK is highly unequal, with those marginalised by society - including racialised communities, LGBTQ and incarcerated people - being left by the wayside.
For those facing their last days in prison, society continues to fail them, with adequate palliative and end of life care needs remaining unmet."