Care for drug users in deprivation of liberty

Abstract

This study aimed to identify the care offered to people who are imprisoned and on drugs, as well as the changes in mental health care following the publication of the National Health Plan in the Penitentiary System and the National Policy for Integral Health Care of Persons Deprived of Liberty. A bibliographic search was performed, and 129 articles were identified; six were selected after application of relevance tests. The literature points out that the use of drugs during sentence execution is consensual, despite the predominance of the prohibitionist paradigm to the detriment of harm reduction actions.