By:
Amy B. Smoyer and Linda Kjær Minke

2015

Since 1995, the WHO Regional Office for Europe has had a programme on prison health with the aim of improving the health conditions of prisoners and integrating prison health  into the overall public health agenda. Food is an important, yet often overlooked, aspect of life  in correctional institutions. It not only affects physical and mental health but is also tied to  the construction of prisoners’ identities and to the creation and maintenance of relationships.