International Journal of Prisoner Health: Volume 14 Issue 3

The profile of prisoners with tuberculosis in Japan

Lisa Kawatsu, Kazuhiro Uchimura, Makoto Kobayashi, Nobukatsu Ishikawa

Although globally, prisoners are considered one of the vulnerable groups to tuberculosis (TB), little is known about the situation of TB in prison setting in Japan. The purpose of…

Development of healthcare facility standards for Thai female inmates

Nantaga Sawasdipanich, Supa Puektes, Supaporn Wannasuntad, Ankana Sriyaporn, Chulepon Chawmathagit, Jirapa Sintunava, Gamjad Paungsawad

The purpose of this paper is to develop and evaluate the Standards of Healthcare Facility for Thai Female Inmates (SHF-TFI) through healthcare service improvement.

Drug injection within prison in Kyrgyzstan: elevated HIV risk and implications for scaling up opioid agonist treatments

Lyuba Azbel, Martin P. Wegman, Maxim Polonsky, Chethan Bachireddy, Jaimie Meyer, Natalya Shumskaya, Ainura Kurmanalieva, Sergey Dvoryak, Frederick L. Altice

Within-prison drug injection (WPDI) is a particularly high HIV risk behavior, yet has not been examined in Central Asia. A unique opportunity in Kyrgyzstan where both methadone…

Intellectual disability in Irish prisoners: systematic review of prevalence

Gautam Gulati, Valerie Murphy, Ana Clarke, Kristin Delcellier, David Meagher, Harry Kennedy, Elizabeth Fistein, John Bogue, Colum P. Dunne

While individuals with an intellectual disability form a significant minority in the worldwide prison population, their healthcare needs require specialist attention. In Ireland…

Prisoner health status at three rural Haitian prisons

Katherine LaMonaca, Mayur Desai, John P. May, Evan Lyon, Frederick L. Altice

Little is known about the health status of prisoners in low-income countries. In Haiti, prisons typically lack adequate medical care, clean water and food, though some prisoners…

Socio-demographic characteristics as correlates of psychological distress

Johnson Nwabueze Okoro, Chinenye Nnenna Ezeonwuka, Justus Uchenna Onu

The purpose of this paper is to assess the level of psychological distress of offenders newly brought into prison custody in a Nigerian prison and investigate the relationship…