OBJECTIVE To investigate the clinical characteristics and metabolic control of diabetic patients given structured diabetic care in prison. DESIGN Survey of diabetic men serving prison sentences during a 22 month period in a large British prison. SETTING HM Prison, Walton, Liverpool. SUBJECTS 42 male diabetic prisoners, of whom 23 had insulin dependent and 19 non-insulin dependent diabetes...

INTRODUCTION HIV prevalence among state prison inmates in the United States is more than five times higher than among nonincarcerated persons, but HIV transmission within U.S. prisons is sparsely documented. We investigated 88 HIV seroconversions reported from 1988-2005 among male Georgia prison inmates. METHODS We analyzed medical and administrative data to describe seroconverters' HIV testi...

OBJECTIVE This study examined the predictive validity of the German translation of the Psychopathy Checklist-Screening Version (PCL-SV) for negative events during the course of the prison sentence of German prisoners. METHOD Using the PCL-SV, we investigated 145 offenders in a German prison at the start of their sentences. We then compared the extreme groups identified by the PCL-SV--the high...

OBJECTIVE To increase understanding of how the prison environment influences the mental health of prisoners and prison staff. DESIGN Qualitative study with focus groups. SETTING A local prison in southern England. PARTICIPANTS Prisoners and prison staff. RESULTS Prisoners reported that long periods of isolation with little mental stimulus contributed to poor mental health and led to int...

OBJECTIVES To determine if the provision of condoms to prisoners in two Australian state prison systems with different policies affects sexual behaviour. In New South Wales' (NSW) prisons, condoms are freely distributed, while in Queensland prisons none are distributed. METHODS We used a computer-assisted telephone interview to survey randomly selected prisoners in both states about their sex...

objectives: hepatitis c virus (hcv) infection is a major public health problem worldwide with serious complications. according to the importance of intravenous drug use (idu) as the main risk factor for hcv infection and transmission and prison as the main source of risky behaviors, this study conducted to define hcv infection and related risk factors in prison inmates with history of idu in is...

conclusions the current study shows that the predominant hcv genotype among inmates from prison in potulice is genotype 3. results the most frequent hcv genotype among inmates was genotype 3, which was detected in169 of 281 patients (60.1%). most frequent genotype among hospitalized was genotype 1, which was found in 1127 cases (79.6%). comparing the results of prisoners with a group of patient...

This article focuses on the evolution of prison library services in the United States and the changes in the roles and purposes of prison libraries over the last two centuries. The development of standards and guidelines for prison libraries under the leadership of the American Library Association and the American Correctional Association is discussed. The characteristics of the offender popula...