Mortality patterns among people released from prison: Identifying priority intervention points to prevent avoidable deaths and reduce health inequalities (RELEASE-D)

RELEASE-D is focused on deaths following release from Scottish prisons. It is part of the RELEASE research portfolio. People in prison have worse health than the general population. When people are released, they are at higher risk of dying compared to similar people who haven't been in prison and the general population. Using the unique RELEASE dataset, and responding to requests from many people (with experience of being in prison, researchers, policymakers, service providers, and practitioners), this project will find out which people released from prison are at the highest risk of dying from certain causes, and when they may need help most to prevent this. This can inform health service changes to give better support when people are released, and so reduce deaths and health inequalities. The RELEASE programme adopts open science principles and more information on our methods will be available at release.stir.ac.uk