{"id":969,"date":"2026-07-29T09:28:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T08:28:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/release.stir.ac.uk\/?page_id=969"},"modified":"2026-07-29T09:47:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T08:47:15","slug":"release-d-understanding-post-release-deaths","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/release.stir.ac.uk\/?page_id=969","title":{"rendered":"RELEASE-D  Understanding post-release deaths"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-heading stk-block-heading stk-block-heading--v2 stk-block stk-3d8eaa7\" id=\"strong-span-style-color-var-theme-palette-color-1-f-9-ede-1-class-stk-highlight-release-d-span-strong\" data-block-id=\"3d8eaa7\"><h2 class=\"stk-block-heading__text has-text-align-center\"><strong><span style=\"color: var(--theme-palette-color-1, #F9EDE1);\" class=\"stk-highlight\">RELEASE-D<\/span><\/strong><\/h2><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">RELEASE-D is a study examining the deaths among people released from prison in Scotland.  We are comparing the causes and timings of death post release and comparing patterns to those seen among similar people who haven&#8217;t been in prison. Results are coming soon.  Find out more<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stir.ac.uk\/research\/hub\/contract\/2135899\"> here <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-image stk-block-image stk-block stk-bca3142\" data-block-id=\"bca3142\"><style>.stk-bca3142 .stk-img-wrapper{width:35% !important;height:490px !important;}@media screen and (max-width:999px){.stk-bca3142 .stk-img-wrapper img{object-fit:contain !important;}}@media screen and (max-width:689px){.stk-bca3142 .stk-img-wrapper img{object-fit:contain !important;}}<\/style><figure><span class=\"stk-img-wrapper stk-image--shape-stretch\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"stk-img wp-image-993\" src=\"https:\/\/release.stir.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Linda_project-1-scaled.webp\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https:\/\/release.stir.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Linda_project-1-scaled.webp 1536w, https:\/\/release.stir.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Linda_project-1-240x300.webp 240w, https:\/\/release.stir.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Linda_project-1-819x1024.webp 819w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><\/span><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This work is generously funded by the Chief Scientist Office Scotland (HIPS\/2025\/19), and we are grateful to colleagues at the Scottish Prison Service, Public Health Scotland and National Records Scotland for support in making the data available. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We pass on heartfelt thoughts to everyone who has lost someone, whether affected by imprisonment or not. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RELEASE-D RELEASE-D is a study examining the deaths among people released from prison in Scotland. We are comparing the causes and timings of death post release and comparing patterns to those seen among similar people who haven&#8217;t been in prison. Results are coming soon. Find out more here This work is generously funded by the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-969","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":7}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/release.stir.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/release.stir.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/release.stir.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/release.stir.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/release.stir.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=969"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/release.stir.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/969\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1006,"href":"https:\/\/release.stir.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/969\/revisions\/1006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/release.stir.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}