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Top three findings (by prevalence) were: fostering relationships with people both inside and outside of prison is important to prisoners with palliative and end of life care needs, inmate hospice volunteers are able to build and maintain close relationships with the prisoners they care for and the conflicting priorities of care and custody can have a negative impact on the delivery of palliative and end of life care in prisons.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n The key findings are: relationships are important to prisoners at the end of life, inmate hospice volunteers can build close bonds with the prisoners in their care and the prison environment and regime conflicts with best practices in palliative and end of life care. Directions for future research are also identified.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n PROSPERO registration number<\/jats:title>\n PROSPERO ID: CRD42019118737. 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