Prison Health Care
HIV prevalence in prisons around the world
The number of prisoners living with HIV varies between countries. America has the highest prison population in the world, around 1.5 percent of whom…
Prison Health Care Conclusion
A high incarceration rate comes with both an economic and social price. Housing prisoners is expensive regardless of whether the public or private sector…
How should prison health care be provided and funder?
The delivery of prison health care ranges from that delivered by prison service employees to care delivered by on-site nurses or doctors. The differences…
Substance Abuse in prisoners
The United States now incarcerates people at a rate nearly five times the world average primarily because of drug offenses. More than two-thirds of…
Mental Health of Prisoners
Mental health problems are more prevalent among prisoners than the general population both in the United States and in other countries.[21] Whether or not…
HIV/AIDS in prisons
HIV/AIDS in state and federal prisoners was more than 2.5 times higher than that in the U.S. population. Approximately 46 per 10,000 prison inmates…
Sexual Victimization
Despite professed zero tolerance for sexual victimization in prison, such activity continues. Public awareness of prison rape and sexual assault (male and female) is…
U.S. prison statistics
In the United States in 2008, 739 per 100,000 population were either serving time, awaiting trial, or otherwise detained. Local jails held 785,556 persons…
Medical problems of prisoners
In the United States, the Bureau of Justice surveys inmates in state and federal correctional facilities to quantify the incidence and prevalence of medical…
The Purpose of prisons
Prisons have long been the place of confinement for the punishment and rehabilitation of criminals. Indeed, incarcerating individuals has a long, sordid history.As long…
Prison Health Care
The provision of health care in prisons has mushroomed into a large, often ignored, global issue of concern. While prisoners are secured behind high…
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