Abstract

An introduction to this LIAS Working Paper special issue, presenting early findings from the University of Leicester and University of Guyana’s partnership research on mental health, neurological disorders, and addiction in Guyana’s jails.

Highlights

  • This set of working papers presents early findings from the University of Leicester and University of Guyana’s partnership research on mental health, neurological disorders, and addiction in Guyana’s jails.[3]

  • Funded by the ESRC’s Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF), a team of academic researchers is collaborating with the Guyana Prison Service to ask questions about the form and function of incarceration, as experienced by inmates and the people who work with them

  • It is rooted in the hypothesis that manifestations of MNS disorders in jails today, as in wider society, can be traced back to the British colonial period

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Introduction

This set of working papers presents early findings from the University of Leicester and University of Guyana’s partnership research on mental health, neurological disorders, and addiction in Guyana’s jails.[3]. This set of working papers presents early findings from the University of Leicester and University of Guyana’s partnership research on mental health, neurological disorders, and addiction in Guyana’s jails.[3] Funded by the ESRC’s Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF), a team of academic researchers is collaborating with the Guyana Prison Service to ask questions about the form and function of incarceration, as experienced by inmates and the people who work with them.

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