Many of Ontario’s Female Prisoners Enter Correctional System with TBI

A study recently published the Journal of Correctional Health Care found that almost 40 percent of Ontario female prisoners have a history of traumatic brain injury (TBI). Unlike the men participating in the study, half of these women sustained a TBI before committing their first crime. “We observed a striking gender difference. Female inmates with a TBI, compared to males, were much more likely to have suffered physical or sexual abuse as children,” said Dr. Angela Colantonio, Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Research Chair in Gender, Work, and Health, University of Toronto. “Our research suggests the need to screen offenders and others with a history of abuse for TBI.” To learn more about the study, click here.