What is it about?
Females in prison in Bangladesh have an exceptionally high burden of menstrual health problems, violence, and mental health issues. By combining quantitative and qualitative evidence, it highlights severe gaps in hygiene facilities, healthcare access, and protection from abuse. The findings underscore the urgent need for gender‑responsive prison health reforms in Bangladesh.
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Why is it important?
This is a pioneering work for the Bangladesh Prison System. Field-based rigorous investigation and collaboration of the ICDDR,B and MBSTU made this work more important. Direct experience from the prison helped us create the real scenario of the health vulnerabilities, especially the female hygiene condition, as well as their exposure to different forms of violence. These findings are exclusive to the country.
Perspectives
Female prisoners are very vulnerable to poor hygiene and health facilities, and exposure to violence inside the prison. They need immediate attention. The country's climate conditions and the years-old British-built prison will make their lives unbearable, and the purpose of correction will fail.
Md Ishtiaq Ahmed Talukder
Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University
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This page is a summary of: Menstrual health, exposure to violence and mental health among incarcerated women: a mixed-method study of selected prisons in Bangladesh, International Journal of Prison Health, May 2026, Emerald,
DOI: 10.1108/ijoph-08-2025-0067.
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