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This report consolidates previous recommendations and adds new ones for preventing and controlling infections with hepatitis viruses among inmates and workers in correctional facilities. The recommendations provide guidelines for juvenile and adult correctional systems regarding (1) identification...

This Power Point presentation contains 181 slides that provide guidelines for the prevention and control of TB in correctional facilities, as recommended by CDC. The slides include a summary of changes from the 1996 CDC recommendations, background, screening, case reporting, airborne infection...

This report examines existing sexually transmitted disease (STD) screening programs in large jails to learn lessons that can benefit other health departments that want to establish or expand chlamydia (CT) and gonorrhea (GC) screening programs in their local jails. It provides key findings...

This issue brief synthesizes existing research findings on housing status, incarceration and HIV health; examines the available evidence from housing-based HIV interventions; and offers evidence-based recommendations for action to increase housing stability and improve post-release outcomes for...

This tool can be used by correctional and detention facilities to help identify their TB risk classification. The resource also provides recommendations to implement from the North Dakota Department of Health.

This manual for clinicians provides guidelines for clinical care of persons with HIV/AIDS. This updated version incorporates many new insights, but the time-tested format has been retained – easy access to crucial facts for a busy clinician. The guide touches on every topic facing people with HIV...

Due to the high prevalence of viral hepatitis, HIV, and STIs in correctional facilities, as well as, the opportunity for high-impact interventions to be implemented, many health department viral hepatitis, HIV, and STI programs (prevention programs) have established collaborative partnerships with...

This video discusses how any new prisoner to the country’s 17 penitentiaries sees a psychiatrist, a doctor and if needed is offered to join a treatment programme. Comprehensive harm reduction services not only include drug dependence treatment but also needle syringe exchange and HIV testing and...

This packet of recommendations discusses how in October 2022, INHSU Prisons and the Coalition for Global Hepatitis Elimination (CGHE), Task Force for Global Health convened a workshop on the strategies for expanding access to hepatitis C virus (HCV) prevention, testing, and treatment in prison...

This book is for health care workers considering embarking on TB control in prisons and covers structural, administrative, and medical issues. It is designed primarily for use in settings where there is a high incidence of TB and limited resources.