About one in nine Canadians who are infected with hepatitis C spend time in a correctional facility each year. With high rates of current injection drug use and needle sharing, this population may account for a large proportion of new infections. Any national strategy to address hepatitis C should include a focus on persons in correctional facilities, and should build on existing evidence regar...

Research shows that prison inmates have a higher risk of contracting HIV/AIDS than the general population, prompting widespread measures aimed at diagnosing, quarantining, and treating inmates. Yet, recent scholarship has linked the release inmates to an increase in the HIV incidence rate of various communities. In this paper we explore the disjuncture between institutional policies and potenti...

This resource document discusses the use of seclusion or restraint for purposes of mental health intervention in correctional facilities. Correctional mental health standards essentially state that seclusion or restraint, when used for health care purposes, should be implemented in a manner consistent with current community practice. The community practice was significantly impacted and revised...

OBJECTIVE The design and management of a Hospital Custody Unit at Hospital Universitario Fundación Alcorcón, to focus the aim of this study on specialized medical care for extra-penitentiary patients who have suffered from a disease. We are building a new space to facilitate their daily lives at hospital and we want to offer a double function to the patients that consists of a custody space and...

Incarcerated people remain a priority group in efforts to control and reverse the HIV epidemic. Following release, social instability and reengagement in key transmission risk behaviors increase the risk of secondary transmission of HIV. Targeted programs have been developed to facilitate reengagement in care on reentry. Evaluation of the impact of these initiatives requires a systematic, confi...

This chapter presents estimates of the prevalence of selected communicable diseases, chronic diseases, and mental illnesses among inmates in the Nation’s prisons and jails. When The Health Status of Soon-To-Be-Released Inmates project began, there appeared to be several possible methods of collecting prevalence data. The best approach would have been to interview and physically examine a statis...

This is a pre-print version of De Smet, S., Van Hecke, N., Verté, D., Broekaert, E., Ryan D. & Vandevelde, S. (2014). Treatment and control: A qualitative study of older mentally ill offenders’ perceptions on their detention and care trajectory. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, DOI: 10.1177/0306624X14521129 Abstract Background: The life of older mentally il...

There has been considerably less research on the management of adult attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) among the inmates of correctional facilities than in the general community. While the successful identification and management of ADHD in the adult correctional setting offer potential benefits to the individuals themselves, to institutional staff, and to wider society, their imp...