A number of claims have been made regarding the importance of prisoners staying in touch with their family through prison visits. Firstly from a humanitarian perspective of enabling family members to see each other, but also regarding the impact of maintaining family ties for successful rehabilitation, reintegration into society and reduced re-offending. This growing evidence base has resulted ...

As a part of a comprehensive programme of tuberculosis (TB) control in the central prison in Qazvin, Islamic Republic of Iran, a programme of active case-finding was carried out from February 2004 to July 2005. From the 768 prisoners examined, 41 (5.3%) were suspected of TB and gave sputum samples. A total of 7 smear-positive TB cases were found, giving a TB prevalence in the prison of 910 per ...

prison life experience is different despites individual differences, family, social and criminal prisoners, conditions and characteristics of them. this study was qualitative research findings from in-depth interviews with 20 women after releasing from prison. the prison puts women in a particular subject and very serious consequences for their marks. the vast majority of women are considered t...

We tested the effects of various policy rules on retailer behavior in laboratory experiments conducted at Hewlett-Packard Laboratories. Our experimental designmodels themultifaceted contemporary market for consumer computer products and is quite complex, but we found that participants can make effective decisions and that their behavior is sensitive to variations in policies. Based on our resul...

OBJECTIVES This study examined a cohort of 7,046 men who were released from the Pennsylvania State prison system between 1999 and 2002 to Philadelphia County to assess the relationships between receipt of mental health services in prison and prison exit. METHODS Administrative data on prison stays for 7,046 men released from Pennsylvania prisons to Philadelphia locations were analyzed. RESU...

Investigating Settlement Patterns in Silveh Region of Piranshahr, South Lake Urmia based GIS analysis