Prisons like other correctional institutions deserve organized information provision centers like a library. This study examined library services provision in the south-western part of Nigeria. It was found out that despite their incarceration, inmates desires variety of information; whereas

) is an important health problem in prison settings (1), where factors such as poor general health of inmates, overcrowding, increased risk factors, delayed case finding, and incomplete or inadequate therapeutic intervention contribute to rapid spread (2) and high prevalence (e.g., 500 cases per 100,000 inmates

as a preventive measure of IPV, both in IPV aggressors and in the general prison population, are discussed. © 2014 Colegio Oficial de Psicólogos de Madrid. Production by Elsevier España, S.L. All rights reserved. Factores de riesgo de violencia de pareja en población penitenciaria

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revealed that the convicted inmates in the prisons are exposed to vocational skills when compared with their counterparts who are awaiting trial. Since vocational skills acquisition is connected with knowledge that someone needs to have in order to do a particular job, it was therefore suggested that all

-based and correctional healthcare workers. To our knowledge, data on the incidence and risk factors associated with tuberculosis are very scanty in Romania, and therefore the aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and associated risk factors for this infections among a sample of prison inmates stationed

This study was designed to assess satisfaction with methadone treatment (MT) in a multidimensional manner among prison inmates and to identify significant independent predictors of inmates ’ satisfaction with MT. A total of 158 prison inmates, who were currently on MT for at least the past 3 months

ABSTRACT The Prison population is at risk of HIV infection even though they are most often neglected risk group in the area of prevention and management.

Despite the need for targeted HIV prevention interventions for prison inmates, institutional and access barri-ers have impeded development and evaluation of such programs. Over the past 6 years, the authors have devel-oped a unique collaborative relationship to develop and evaluate HIV prevention