Responding to a request by corrections agency management, we investigated coccidioidomycosis in prison employees in central California, a coccidioidomycosis-endemic area. We identified 103 cases of coccidioidomycosis that occurred over 4.5 years. As a result, we recommended training and other steps to reduce dust exposure among employees and thus potential exposure to Coccidioides.

BACKGROUND We conducted a scoping review to define the extent and type of quantitative health status research conducted from 1993 to 2014 with people who have experienced detention or incarceration in correctional facilities in Canada. METHODS We searched 15 databases, reviewed reference lists and relevant websites, and consulted with key stakeholders to identify eligible studies. We reviewed...

This paper is part of a project on the adolescent murderer. Briefly, it consists of an inventory of all adolescent murderers in the Greater Montreal area during a quarter of a century, in the period from 1950 to 1974. Although the project has been recently systematically formulated and pursued, it was always part of the McGill Clinic in Forensic Psychiatry's on-going research on homicidal proce...

In February 1997, South Bay Correctional Facility opened under a contract with the state through the Correctional Privatization Commission. South Bay Correctional Facility is located in southern Florida just south of Lake Okeechobee. South Bay is operated by Wackenhut Corrections Corporation, which also operates Moore Haven Correctional Facility, which was the subject of a similar review by OPP...

Previous research has shown that victims display characteristic body language, specifically in their walking style (Grayson & Stein, 1981). Individuals scoring higher on the interpersonal/affective aspects of psychopathy (Factor 1) are more accurate at judging victim vulnerability simply from viewing targets walking (Wheeler, Book, & Costello, 2009). The present study examines the relation betw...

For the past two decades, distressed rural communities throughout the United States have been turning to prisons as a rural development strategy. In many cases, communities have competed fiercely for correctional facilities and have provided costly incentives in the way of tax abatements and infrastructure development. As financially strapped local governments are finding it difficult to fund l...

In his interesting account of the history of Brentry Hospital, Dr. Jancar describes the work of the Burdens who came to Bristol in 1895. This era, le fin de siecle, was a golden age for the well-endowed. The rich were very rich thanks to the bounties of the industrial revolution. The arts flourished and were well-patronised; new and interesting forms were emerging in the visual arts and in lite...

PURPOSE The seroprevalence of infection with the parasite Toxoplasma gondii and the association with risk factors has not been determined in inmates. Through a case-control study, 166 inmates from a state correctional facility in Durango City, Mexico and 166 age- and gender-matched non-incarcerated subjects were examined for the presence of anti-T. gondii IgG and IgM antibodies using enzyme-lin...

The American College of Physicians is developing a series of position papers addressing the health care needs of medically underserved populations. This paper identifies prisoners in correctional institutions as a medically underserved group, clarifies some of the causes of and possible solutions to the problem of providing adequate correctional health care, and focuses on the role of internist...