The second RCGP Health and Justice conference was held at Rampton this September. The consensus position of the conference agreed that more can be done to help prisoners who reach the end of their lives while imprisoned. Both Rampton Hospital and Whatton Prison demonstrated the excellent end-of-life care facilities which they have developed to treat prisoners who choose to or are required to die in a secure setting. The Prison Reform Trust revealed remarkable statistics that only approximately 10 prisoners per year are released from prison to die in the community either in their homes or in a hospice.
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