Public health implications of substandard correctional health care.

• Autores: Zulficar Gregory Restum
• Localización: American journal of public health, ISSN 0090-0036, Vol. 95, Nº. 10, 2005, págs. 1689-1691
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • US citizens face a growing threat of contracting communicable diseases owing to the high recidivism rate in state and federal prisons, poor screening and treatment of prisoners, and inferior follow-up health care upon their release. Insufficient education about communicable diseases--for prisoners and citizens alike--and other problems, such as prejudice against prisoners, escalating costs, and an unreliable correctional health care delivery system for inmates, all contribute to a public health problem that requires careful examination and correction for the protection of everyone involved.;