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This briefing published by the Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health focuses on the quality of mental health care available in UK prisons. 

With England and Wales having the highest imprisonment rate in Western Europe the population has nearly reached 80,000 (April 2007). This briefing reveals that the quality of mental health care within these settings is frequently poor.

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