Psychological screening service for men newly admitted to an Italian prison: Preliminary clinical outcome analysis after 1 year of clinical activity.

Our findings support the extension of a psychological screening into a service for new receptions to Italian prisons. They add evidence for the utility of the Pr-Scale for detecting those newly admitted prisoners likely to benefit from early mental health interventions provided by in-reach services and for evidencing resultant change. Future studies are needed to replicate our results in other Italian prisons as a precursor to systems improvement, while other countries might also benefit from using similar evaluation and reevaluation routinely.