months, probably owing to the vitamin agitation raised by the press and to the vitaminisation of the margarine. " The effect of parenteral administration of carotin oil proves to be slower than that of injection of liver oil preparations. A series of extensive investigations of the power of distinction is accounted for, the test subjects being 28 prisoners of the State prison in Nyborg. The pow...

In the late autumn of 1931 a steadily increasing number of prisoners in the Gauhati Jail began to complain of pain in the tongue, mouth and gullet. The jail is one occupied in the main by men serving long sentences and has accommodation for 400 prisoners. Owing, however, to the present economic distress, there has been considerable overcrowding, amounting throughout the last year to a hundred o...

Unlike previous attempts to implement cooperation in a prisoners’ dilemma game with an infinite horizon in the laboratory, we focus on extended prisoners’ dilemma games in which a second (pure strategy) equilibrium allows for voluntary cooperation in all but the last round. Our four main experimental treatments distinguish long versus short horizon and strict versus non-strict additional equili...

A research team from the University of Stirling and TNS Social Research was commissioned to evaluate the operation and effectiveness of the Transitional Care initiative. The methods employed included the analysis of Transitional Care monitoring data; surveys of prisoners four and seven months following release; in-depth interviews with ex-prisoners in three areas of the country with different d...

During 2009-2014, incarceration rates in Brazil rose 34%, and tuberculosis (TB) cases among prisoners rose 28.8%. The proportion of national TB cases that occurred among prisoners increased from 6.2% to 8.4% overall and from 19.3% to 25.6% among men 20-29 years of age.

Background and Objectives: Women comprise a small yet rising prison population whose health needs have been disregarded in most communities. Spiritual health represents a health aspect and therefore should be studied. The aim of the current study was to compare spiritual health between female prisoners and nonprisoners. Methods: This descriptive-analytical study was conducted on 300 women (150...

This article explores the implementation of right to bail for prisoners during COVID-19. Using data from a sample 50 advocates collected through face-to-face questionnaire, probes lawyers’ perceptions functioning mechanism in pandemic. The also evaluates efficacy measures taken decongest prisons by critically reviewing criteria identified High-Powered Committees States releasing prisoners. Fina...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Naloxone is an opioid antagonist used for emergency resuscitation following opioid overdose. Prisoners with a history of heroin injection have a high risk of drug-related death soon after release from prison. The NALoxone InVEstigation (N-ALIVE) pilot trial (ISRCTN34044390) tested feasibility measures for randomized provision of naloxone-on-release (NOR) to eligible prisoner...

PURPOSE While Argentina has significantly improved access to HIV care and antiretroviral therapy (ART) for both the general population and prisoners, the prevalence of alcohol use disorders (AUDs) among HIV-infected prisoners and their relationship to accessing ART in Argentina is currently unknown. This study aims to characterize the substance abuse patterns of HIV-infected prisoners in Argent...