Diseases In Prison Essay

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INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN PRISON

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This paper examines the phenomenon of the most commons infectious Diseases in Prison/Jails which is one of the most significant controversies in our correctional systems. HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis (C, B, D, and A), and Tuberculosis are most like to appear in prison than the general population. Half of all the inmates have a history of being infected either with HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis C or Tuberculosis; this paper Explains how diseases are transmitted from one inmate to the others, and some technical use in prison to prevent infectious diseases from spreading to the general prison population. The study suggests that medical care provided to inmate must be adequate, inmates and prison staff should be given more medical attention, they need to get tested before entering to prison and before releasing from prison because it is a risk for both correctional systems and the outside world.

INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN PRISON

The Infectious Diseases in Prison Infectious diseases are more likely to …show more content…

Great people tend to believe that the youth are at risk of sexual assault when placed in adult facilities. In the Americans prison, by Noah Berlatsky. She stated that juveniles are booked more likely to commit suicide when they are placed in adult jail/prison because of the lack of protections and also after being raped or sexually abused by other inmates. During a report on the prison rape elimination in July 2002 researchers stated that they were approximately 25,000 to 600,000 inmate’s rape victims including juvenile’s offenders who have been sent to adult facilities. (Berlatsky,

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