Because certain groups at high risk for HIV/AIDS (human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) come together in correctional facilities, seroprevalence was high early in the epidemic. The share of the HIV/AIDS epidemic borne by inmates of and persons released from jails and prisons in the United States (US) in 1997 was estimated in a previous paper. While the number of inmat...

An often underappreciated and hard-to-treat condition in correctional institutions is attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Although there are many effective psychopharmacologic treatments for ADHD, such as various formulations of amphetamines, many physicians are hesitant to prescribe controlled stimulants in correctional settings because of concerns about abuse and safety. Although...

BACKGROUND Correctional centre populations are one of the populations most at risk of contracting HIV infection for many reasons, such as unprotected sex, violence, rape and tattooing with contaminated equipment. Specific data on drug users in correctional centres is not available for the majority of countries, including South Africa. The study aimed to identify the attitudes and knowledge of k...

Working in a correctional institute is often a demanding and stressful job. This study examined the impact of job characteristics and job involvement on correctional staff job stress. Specifically, the effects of supervision, perceived dangerousness of the job, job variety, feedback, role stress, and job involvement were studied, while controlling for the effects of the personal characteristics...

Corruption in Indonesia requires the right formulation. The rule of law and punishment system is still weak against criminals. This paper tries to find formula punishing corruptors because existing breakable deemed ineffective preventing it. belongs a type normative approach with descriptive-analytical. reveals that there are weaknesses corruption compromise, resulting increasing every year. Da...

Pancasila is the thought that function of punishment no longer just a deterrent, but also an effort to rehabilitate and reintegrate social inmates prisons. Prisons have important role in justice system. There are 4 main functions Penitentiary, namely; 1) Guidance; 2) Assistance 3) Supervision, 4) Community Research. The existence Correctional Care Group (Pokmas Lipas) very supporting empowermen...

Correctional institutions have complicated problems; the number of inmates is already over-capacity, prisons are places for courses on crime and terrorism, budget requirements swelling, prison riots increasing. Health problems exacerbate this during covid 19 pandemic. The research method in article uses qualitative methods with a library approach. This paper contributes to improvement system, e...

Beginning with the premise that both the number and percentage of mentally ill inmates as sharply risen in recent years, this Article explores the path of mentally ill offenders in the American criminal justice system. It seeks to identify points of relief from the current crisis, in which a recent report stated that over 40% of state prisoners reported symptoms that met the criteria for mania....