1. Fostering relationships with people both inside and outside of prison is important to prisoners with palliative and end of life care needs2 3 29–33 36 40 41 45
| 85% | 57%–98% | 11 |
2. Inmate hospice volunteers are able to build and maintain close relationships with the prisoners they care for29–33 36 41
| 88% | 80%–98% | 7 |
3. The conflicting priorities of care and custody can have a negative impact on the delivery of palliative and end of life care in prisons2 29 30 35 37 39 45
| 68% | 55%–85% | 7 |
4. Maintaining family relationships is important to prisoners at the end of life2 3 33 36 40 41
| 87% | 63%–98% | 6 |
5. Nursing in prison requires a set of skills unique to the custodial environment2 4 29 32 35 36
| 79% | 55%–95% | 6 |
6. The physical environment of the prison can present a barrier to the delivery of palliative and end of life care2–4 34 36 45
| 78% | 50%–90% | 6 |
7. Inmate hospice volunteers experience grief as a result of their role30–32 39 42
| 85% | 80%–95% | 5 |
8. Recognition of a shared humanity between individuals can encourage better attitudes to palliative and end of life care delivery in prison, across disciplines29 30 33 34 38
| 83% | 78%–98% | 5 |
9. Prisoners who may die in prison have a strong desire to either survive their sentence, or to be released early on compassionate grounds3 4 34 40 41
| 83% | 73%–90% | 5 |
10. Prisoners have poorer health than the general population4 8 9 44 46
| 80% | 38%–95% | 5 |