BMJ Group May 8 2026 Prisoners in England are 41 to 67 times more likely to experience avoidable harms as a result of poor healthcare than the general public, suggest the findings of a case note review of medical records, published online in the journal  BMJ Quality & Safety . In 2024, 98,000 people were held in prisons or youth offender detention centres across England and Wales. And the researchers estimate that if their findings are extrapolated to the total number of prisoners, this could