BACKGROUND Hepatitis C viral (HCV) infection is a significant public health problem. In the UK, an estimated 200,000 individuals have active HCV infection, most of whom are injecting drug users (IDUs). Many IDUs spend time within the prison system therefore screening for HCV infection in this setting is important. However, uptake of testing within prisons is very low. METHODS Qualitative inte...

BACKGROUND A growing body of epidemiological research suggests high rates of traumatic brain injury (TBI) in prisoners. The aim of this review is to systematically explore the literature surrounding the rates of TBI and their co-occurrences in a prison population. METHODS Six electronic databases were systematically searched for articles published between 1980-2014. Studies were screened for ...

BackgroundHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis C (HCV) and B (HBV) are substantial public health threats in the region of Central Asia Caucasus, where prevalence these infections is currently rising.MethodsA systematic review MEDLINE, Embase PsycINFO was conducted with no publication date or language restrictions through October 2019. Additional data were also harvested from national s...

INTRODUCTION There are population groups nowadays that are regarded as vulnerable, one of which is the prison population, considered to have major health needs. Nonetheless, people deprived of liberty maintain inherent human rights such as that of health care, which in some situations may take second place. METHODS Cross-sectional descriptive study, carried out at El Manzano Prison compliance...

Globally, over 10 million people are held in prisons and other places of detention at any given time. People who inject drugs (PWID) comprise 10-48% of male and 30-60% of female prisoners. The spread of hepatitis C in prisons is clearly driven by injection drug use, with many infected prisoners unaware of their infection status. Risk behaviour for acquisition of hepatitis C via common use of in...

Abstract This article sheds light on how gender intersected with the recruitment of three female doctors to Ravensbrück, a concentration camp in Third Reich designated intern only women prisoners. The favourable pay offer, prospect permanent positions and their pre-existing affiliation Nazi organizations led take jobs at camp. While these were hired work Ravensbrück as result contemporary belie...

Prisoners have disproportionate health care needs. Meeting those needs in a prison environment is challenging, especially in such resource-poor countries as Haiti. Even so, before the January 2010 earthquake, local and international organizations, in collaboration with the Haitian government, had been making significant progress to provide for the health needs of prisoners. The effort screened ...

Given the growing number of recidivists and non-rehabilitated offenders in prisons, condition Afghanistan’s prisons requires that scientific research be conducted its results should presented to relevant authorities. The purpose sharing these findings is lawmakers, while enacting laws, judges issuing sentences, prison officials executing consider reduction damages harm caused by imprisonment cr...