BACKGROUND Prisons in Madagascar are at high risk of plague outbreak. Occurrence of plague epidemic in prisons can cause significant episode of urban plague through the movement of potentially infected humans, rodents and fleas. Rodent and flea controls are essential in plague prevention, by reducing human contact with plague reservoirs and vectors. Insecticide treatment is the key step availab...

There are currently various problems with prisons, including the emergence of regarding Over Capacity in prisons. Especially era Covid-19 pandemic, where prisons Indonesia not comparable to limited capacity space. In renewal criminal law, this case, Draft Law on Criminal Code (RUU-KUHP) has discussed alternative crimes, one which is existence social work crimes. Research crimes overcome overcap...

SETTING Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the major health problems in prisons. OBJECTIVE This study was done to assess the prevalence and determinants of active tuberculosis in Ethiopian prisons. DESIGN A cross-sectional study was conducted from January 2013 to December 2013 in 13 zonal prisons. All incarcerated inmates underwent TB symptom screening according to WHO criteria. From identified TB...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study is to apply Andersen's Behavioral Model of Health Service Use to men's prisons to assess the direct and indirect effects of inmate predisposing characteristics through multiple types of need. Also examined are the effects of prison-specific enabling factors and the variation in use of health services across prisons. This study uses a nationally representativ...

BACKGROUND The population structure and drug resistance pattern of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) isolates in Ethiopian prisons and some communities is still unknown. METHODS A comparative cross sectional study was conducted on 126 MTBC strains isolated from prisons and communities in southwestern, southern and eastern Ethiopia. Phenotypic drug susceptibility testing was performed ...

This study investigated rehabilitation services in Nigerian prisons in Edo State of Nigeria. The study was aimed at determining the status of rehabilitation services in Nigerian prisons in Edo State. To address the problem of study, two research questions were raised. The researcher adopted a survey research design. The participants were 147 prison inmates drawn from the six Nigerian prisons of...

The high prevalence of HIV infection among prisoners and pre-trial detainees, combined with overcrowding and sub-standard living conditions sometimes amounting to inhuman or degrading treatment in violation of international law, make prisons and other detention centres a high risk environment for the transmission of HIV. Ultimately, this contributes to HIV epidemics in the communities to which ...

The scourge of tuberculosis (TB) in prisons remains a persistent problem; rates among inmates remain much higher— from 5 to up to 50 times—than those of national averages across both the developed and the developing world [1–5], and the situation may be worsening in some regions. In Europe and Central Asian countries, recent research has shown a clear relationship between the rate of growth of ...

for Project # 2002-IJ-CX-0019 Research Goals and Objectives Statement of Purpose: Despite the growth in super-maximum security prisons, no research has systematically assessed the goals, impacts, or costs of these prisons. The purpose of the Urban Institute (UI) research was to help states and correctional systems make informed decisions about investing in supermax prisons, and, specifically, t...