在限制住房改革后,饥饿罢工
Anthony Tamburello1, Kerri Edelman2, Rusty Reeves2
1Dr. Tamburello is Associate Director of Psychiatry and Dr. Reeves is Director of Psychiatry, University Correctional Health Care, Trenton, NJ. Dr. Tamburello is a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Dr. Reeves is a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, NJ. Dr. Edelman is a staff psychologist, Garden State Youth Correctional Facility, University Correctional Health Care, Yardville, NJ. tamburac@ubhc.rutgers.edu.
The journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
|January 17, 2025
概括
新泽西州的隔离监禁限制法案 (ICRA) 没有改变监狱的绝食频率,但大大减少了他们的持续时间. 这一改革减少了与这些抗议活动相关的健康风险和成本.
科学领域:
- 犯罪学 犯罪学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 监狱改革是一项改革.
背景情况:
- 禁食罢工在监狱环境中很普遍,造成严重的健康风险,并增加了医疗保健利用率.
- 2017年的一项研究表明,新泽西州监狱的饥饿罢工往往发生在纪律机构中.
- 隔离监禁限制法 (ICRA) 是为了改善监禁条件而颁布的,包括减少纪律住房.
研究的目的:
- 评估"隔离监禁限制法案" (ICRA) 对新泽西州惩戒设施饥饿罢工的频率和持续时间的影响.
- 确定监禁条件的改革是否影响了饥饿罢工行为.
主要方法:
- 一项分析ICRA实施前后饥饿罢工数据的比较研究.
- 统计分析以比较罢工频率,平均持续时间,中位数持续时间和长期罢工率 (超过三天).
主要成果:
- 饥饿罢工的总体频率在ICRA之后没有变化.
- 绝食的平均持续时间从28.9天大幅下降到9.7天 (p = .034).
- 罢工的平均持续时间从四天减少到三天,超过三天的罢工率下降 (60.3%至45.2%;p = .049).
结论:
- 虽然ICRA没有改变饥饿罢工的频率,但它与其持续时间的显著减少有关.
- 这些发现表明,改善监禁条件的改革可以减轻饥饿罢工对健康的危害和相关的医疗保健费用.
- 饥饿罢工继续作为一种抗议方式,但其缩短的持续时间可能表明监禁改革对相关风险的积极影响.
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