Events
prisonHEALTH hosts regular discussion groups with internal and external speakers.
2026 meetings
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6th May - Presentation from Pernille Nyvoll, PhD Researcher at the University of Oslo entitled ‘How do prisoners perceive and experience prison healthcare services in Norway’
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9th June - Presentation from Laura Haas & Philippa Tomczak at the 海角黑料 entitled ‘Invisible inequalities: analysing custodial death data in England and Wales’
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19th August - Presentation from Roberta Canheo, Postdoctoral Researcher at Law School of Fundação Getulio Vargas, São Paulo entitled ‘Disaggregated prisoner death data: Woodhill’
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14th October - Presentation from Danielle Harris, Associate Professor and ARC Future Fellow at Griffith Criminology Institute entitled ‘Understanding and preventing the collateral consequences of Dangerous Sexual Offender (DSO) legislation’
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9th December - Presentation from Ailie Rennie, Postdoctoral Researcher at the 海角黑料 entitled ‘Release from prison following a murder conviction’
2025 meetings
- 22 January 2025 - UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship project wrap up
- 2 April 2025 - Virtual goal setting/focus session
- 17 September 2025 - Megan Georgiou, Postgraduate Researcher at the University of Surrey - Mental illness and imprisonment: The personal experiences and organisational practices relating to complex mental health needs in prisons
- 3 December 2025 - Roberta Canheo, Postdoctoral Researcher, Law School of Fundação Getulio Vargas, São Paulo - After a Death in Prison: Investigations, Institutions, and the Case of São Paulo
Previous events

Professor Toby Seddon
visits Prisons, Health and Societies
4 October 2022
“Rethinking prison inspection: lessons from regulation studies”
prisonHEALTH external speaker – Toby Seddon, University College London
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Dr Chris Seeds visits Prisons, Health and Societies
10 November 2022
“The prison hospice: palliative care at the end of life sentences”
prisonHEALTH external speaker - Chris Seeds, University of California, Irvine
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Professor Ben Crewe visits Prisons, Health and Societies
25 March 2021
prisonHEALTH external speaker - Ben Crewe, Cambridge University
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Dr Nate Link visits Prisons, Health and Societies
2 December 2020
prisonHEALTH external speaker - Nate Link, PhD, Rutgers University, USA
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