Neurotic disorders

Dailyliving and social functioning i __
to 30% of those with or schizophrenia, delusional letters, telephone calls or contact with any friends
or schizoaffective disorders, or neurotic disorders or family was higher than for sentenced young
(Meltzer et al, 1996c). (Table 12.3) offenders. For example, 29% of male remand
young offenders had not had any telephone calls
with friends or family compared with: 14% of
12.4.4 External contacts their sentenced counterparts. Similarly, 6% of
male remand young offenders reported not having
Most people in all sample groups had had some any contact with friends or family in the past 3
sort of contact with family or friends in the past months or since coming to prison compared with
three months or, if they had been in prison for 2% of male sentenced young offenders. In the :
less than this, since coming to prison. Most 1991 National Prison Survey (Dodd and Hunter,
sentenced young offenders had been in prison for 1992), 23% of sentenced prisoners had not
three months or more, compared with a third of received a visit in the three months before
remand young offenders, so the reference period interview (or since coming to prison if less),
for these questions was generally shorter for which is similar to the 16% of male sentenced
remand than for sentenced young offenders, young offenders who had not received a visit in
Therefore it is not surprising that the proportion this survey. (Table 12.3).
of remand young offenders who had not had any
i:byprisoneitypeandSex _ i :' i: _:;!::' :i :
Maleremand Malesentenced Female
youngoffenders youngoffenders youngoffenders
Sharesacell/roomorinadormitory
% % %
Aloneincell 32 61 68
Sharescell 68 39 32
Hour spentincellonpreviousday
0-14hours 14 19 37
15-18hours 21 26 35
19-22hours 37 32 22
23-24hours 28 23 6
Hasattendededucational classesincurrentprisonterm
Yes 52 75 68
No 48 25 32
Currentlyworkinginprison
Yes 25 42 46
No 75 58 54
Base 3f4 169 107
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