International Journal of Prisoner Health: Volume 12 Issue 2

When security and medicine missions conflict: confidentiality in prison settings

Scott A. Allen, Raed Aburabi

It is a simple fact that prisons cannot exist – practically, legally, ethically or morally – without the support of physicians and other health professionals. Access to adequate…

Trials and tribulations of conducting bio-behavioral surveys in prisons: implementation science and lessons from Ukraine

Lyuba Azbel, Yevgeny Grishaev, Jeffrey A Wickersham, Olena Chernova, Sergey Dvoryak, Maxim Polonsky, Frederick L Altice

Ukraine is home to Europe’s worst HIV epidemic, overwhelmingly fueled by people who inject drugs who face harsh prison sentences. In Ukraine, HIV and other infectious diseases are…

Blood-borne viral co-infections among human immunodeficiency virus-infected inmates

Emanuele Pontali, Nicoletta Bobbio, Marilena Zaccardi, Renato Urciuoli

– The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the prevalence of HBV and/or HCV co-infection among HIV-infected inmates entering the correctional facility.

Hepatitis A immunity and region-of-origin in a Swiss prison

Laurent Getaz, Alejandra Casillas, Sandrine Motamed, Jean-Michel Gaspoz, Francois Chappuis, Hans Wolff

The environmental and demographic characteristics of closed institutions, particularly prisons, precipitate morbidity during hepatitis A virus (HAV) outbreaks. Given the high…

Varicella zoster virus transmission in youth during incarceration

Danusia Moreau, Jonathan Besney, Angela Jacobs, Dan Woods, Mark Joffe, Rabia Ahmed

Facility-based Varicella zoster virus (VZV) transmission is reported in a Canadian youth offender correctional centre (YOCC). Transmission occurred from an immunocompetent youth…

Deterioration and the long term prisoner: a descriptive analysis of Myra Hindley

Mark Pettigrew

– The purpose of this paper is to explore supposed inevitable personal decline for long-term prisoners, particularly those serving a sentence of life without parole.