Prison Health
Hepatitis B and C virus infections flourish among reincarcerated females
Published in Women's Health Weekly, November 3rd, 2005
According to recent research published in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases, "the incarceration rate has increased 239% in the United States over the past 2 decades. This increase in incarceration has been fueled by the movement towards a criminal, rather than medical, response to the problem of drug dependence."
"For women in particular, incarceration and drug use are interdependent epidemics. Given that incarceration is common among drug-dependent persons, infectious diseases-including HBV and HCV infection-are prevalent among...
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