The prison setting presents not only challenges, but also opportunities, for the prevention
and treatment of HIV, viral hepatitis, and tuberculosis. We did a comprehensive literature …

BACKGROUND: Release from prison is associated with a markedly increased risk of both
fatal and non-fatal drug overdose, yet the risk factors for overdose in recently released …

The world prison population is growing at a rate that exceeds the rate of population growth.
This issue of Epidemiologic Reviews comprises articles in which researchers summarize …

Background: Children of prisoners are at increased risk of impaired health, behavioural
problems and substance misuse; however, the causal pathways to these problems are unclear. …

Explicitly and transparently align prison health systems with the wider health and emergency
planning systems, including transfer protocols for patients requiring specialised care. …

Aims World‐wide, more than 30 million people move through prisons annually. Record
linkage studies have identified an increased risk of death in ex‐prisoners. In order to inform …

Background Rapid demographic, epidemiological, and nutritional transitons have brought a
pressing need to track progress in adolescent health. Here, we present country-level …

The global prison population exceeds 10 million and continues to grow; more than 30 million
people are released from custody annually. These individuals are disproportionately poor, …

We systematically reviewed randomized controlled trials of interventions to improve the
health of people during imprisonment or in the year after release. We searched 14 biomedical …

Background: Drug injection in prison is associated with a high risk of transmission of blood-borne
pathogens including hepatitis C (HCV). The aim of this study was to estimate the …