The four major penal institutions for men in Washington state were surveyed in June 1983, to assess the quality of tuberculosis screening and the proportion of residents who were reactors. A total of 4,744 medical charts of current residents were reviewed of which 4,269 (90.0 percent) had skin test results recorded. The proportion of inmates residing in the four institutions during 1983 who wer...

This report documents the prompt, co-ordinated and effective public health response to a measles outbreak in Queensland in 2013. There were 17 cases in a large, high-security, regional correctional facility, a setting with unique challenges. Recommendations are provided to reduce the likelihood and magnitude of measles outbreaks in correctional facilities.

Enforced institutional settings such as penitentiaries provide environments to raise awareness, carry out research, and implement and assess practices for sustainable living. Institutions where residence is enforced due to health, recreational, military, or legal reasons (e.g., assisted living centers, summer camps, army bases, prisons) house people who may lack scientific training but have tim...

One might assume that the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC) final report1 is about Indigenous peoples in Canada. It is, and it is not. The 528page report, as well as its 94 recommendations, released in June 2015,2 is about and for all Canadians. If you live in Canada, this report is written for you. If you are a health care provider, educator, or leader, this report has specif...

The successful reintroduction of juvenile offenders from correctional facilities into the communities in which they live is fraught with challenges. It is, however, an essential process in which schools play a key role in ensuring the offender’s chances for success and the classroom’s status as a safe environment of learning. In fact, the transition that a juvenile offender makes from secure co...

The Deterrent Effects of Prison: Evidence from a Natural Experiment* In this paper we test for the theory of deterrence. We exploit the natural experiment provided by the Collective Clemency Bill passed by the Italian Parliament in July 2006. As a consequence of the provisions of the bill, expected punishment to former inmates recommitting a crime can be considered as good as randomly assigned....