Invariably, for the inmates in the current study, drug and alcohol use escalated out of control and contributed directly to their violent criminal behavior.
For each inmate put to death, the studies say, 3 to 18 murders are prevented.
An ex post facto research design was adopted and 122 50.2%) prison inmates and 121(49.8%) non-prison inmates participated in the study.
In a Jail from Dourados city, Mato Grosso do Sul – Brazil, 249 of 1,261 inmates participated in the study for estimate active TB.
Fifty-nine oft of 1593737%) inmates evaluated in the study period were considered eligible for treatment; only nine declined therapy while 50 patients started treatment.
In the end, 1,454 prison inmates participated in the study - representing 74% of the total prison population (1,955) and 81% of the inmates eligible for inclusion (1,793).
Total, nonincarcerated, and incarcerated person-time for each age, sex, race, and educational group in the inmate cohort were calculated for each year of the study.
Thus, data were analyzed on a final sample of 512 inmates who were eligible for ART that qualified for inclusion in the study.
All the inmates who participated in the study volunteered for HIV testing and a total of 19 7.6%) inmates were found to be reactive for the HIV antibody test amongst of which 9(47.4%) had TB co-infection.
