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The Prison Phoenix Trust has developed a set of 12 guided practices to support good mental health in response to concerns about the impact of lockdown restrictions on women prisoners. It follows reports that the lack of family visits and increased isolation of lockdown regimes has had a particularly severe impact on women (1).
The Prison Phoenix Trust is helping prisons to support the health and wellbeing of older prisoners with yoga and meditation resources that can be used safely in cells by older bodies and those with health conditions or restricted mobility. The charity, which has been supporting yoga and meditation in prisons since 1988, has produced a set of nine printed handouts, each one illustrating a practice to help prisoners tackle issues such as back pain, low mood and poor sleep.
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