a study was carried out to evaluate job satisfaction of employers in a prison in 1997. the populations of study were all of staff as officiary person; contracthal and mission people. the results showed that 62.5% of the study population has beenemployed in this work because of their interest. but in the study time, 79.2% of them liked to leave their work. 73% of employers' families were not sat...

BACKGROUND Dual substance dependence and psychiatric and psychological morbidities are overrepresented in prison populations and associated with reoffending. In the context of an increasing prison population in Australia, investigating the needs of vulnerable people in prison with a dual diagnosis can help inform in-prison screening and treatment and improve prison and community service integra...

Despite the dissemination of principles of medical ethics in prisons, formulated and advocated by numerous international organizations, health care professionals in prisons all over the world continue to infringe these principles because of perceived or real dual loyalty to patients and prison authorities. Health care professionals and nonmedical prison staff need greater awareness of and train...

OBJECTIVE The study explores whether auricular acupuncture can be a viable treatment form for inmates in prison psychiatric units. METHOD Inmates in a prison psychiatric unit and in a support unit for violent behavior were offered group treatment with auricular acupuncture three times a week over a period of 9 months. Another prison psychiatric unit served as a control group. RESULTS Twenty...

OBJECTIVES To determine the prevalence of antibodies to hepatitis B core antigen, hepatitis C virus, and HIV in entrants to Irish prisons and to examine risk factors for infection. DESIGN Cross sectional, anonymous survey, with self completed risk factor questionnaire and oral fluid specimen for antibody testing. SETTING Five of seven committal prisons in the Republic of Ireland. PARTICIP...

In recent years, prison officials have increasingly turned to solitary confinement as a way to manage difficult or dangerous prisoners. Many of the prisoners subjected to isolation, which can extend for years, have serious mental illness, and the conditions of solitary confinement can exacerbate their symptoms or provoke recurrence. Prison rules for isolated prisoners, however, greatly restrict...

Nurses who go to work in prisons begin their new career without having had any specific preparation for this unique and diverse role. The demands placed upon nurses are unlike any they will have experienced in their previous clinical posts. The work of a nurse in prison contains elements of both mental health nursing and practice nursing. The context in which this nursing occurs means that the ...

Background: Majority of prison inmates live in poor living conditions. Lack of meaningful activity, endemic substance abuse, recurrent violence and sexual exploitation, loss of freedom, separation from family and friends, uncertainty about the future, and the traumas of prison life all contribute to making living in prison a stressful experience. Prison inmates usually apply inappropriate copin...

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...