The United States needs a WHO health in prisons project

Summary Some facts about imprisonment in the USA are used to justify the comment that US is a country that loves prisons. The lack of provision of rehabilitative type services is stressed and the example of Valley Fever in one area of California demonstrates the public health disasters which can occ...

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Veröffentlicht in:Public health (London) 2010-11, Vol.124 (11), p.626-628
1. Verfasser: Weinstein, C
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Summary Some facts about imprisonment in the USA are used to justify the comment that US is a country that loves prisons. The lack of provision of rehabilitative type services is stressed and the example of Valley Fever in one area of California demonstrates the public health disasters which can occur with the present arrangements. The organisations concerned with prisons seem to support the idea of prisons as a business. The article is a plea for a WHO health in prisons project as the way forward.
ISSN:0033-3506
1476-5616
DOI:10.1016/j.puhe.2010.08.008