Table 1.

Rates of mental health service use in the 12 months prior to imprisonment

Service	Contact with mental health services	Psychiatric hospital admission	Keyworker
Men	22.3% (44/197)	9.2% (18/196)	31.1% (61/196)††
Women	28.7% (49/171)	5.3% (9/171)	45.6% (78/171)††
Sentenced	23.2% (45/194)	6.2% (12/194)	43.3% (84/194)†
Remand	27.6% (48/174)	8.7% (15/173)	31.8% (55/173)†
Total	25.3% (93/368)	7.4% (27/367)	37.9% (139/367)

^†Female prisoners significantly more than male prisoners (p < 0.01)

^††Sentenced significantly more than remand (p < 0.05)