Bureau of Justice Statistics Special Report. Hepatitis Testing and Treatment in State Prisons. Correction Reprint, October 2004

摘要

In the 2000 Census of State and Federal Adult Correctional Facilities, 1,209 of the 1,584 State public and private adult correctional facilities reported that they tested inmates for hepatitis C between July 1,1999, and June 30, 2000. These facilities housed about 94% of all State inmates for whom prison census data were reported on June 30, 2000. Of the 57,018 hepatitis C tests made in the 12 months before the census, 17,911 (31%) were positive. Nearly 70% of all State adult correctional facilities (1,104) reported that they had a policy to treat inmates for hepatitis C. A total of 4,750 inmates were treated between July 1, 1999, and June 30, 2000. At midyear 2000, 1,033 facilities also reported that, as a matter of policy, they provide hepatitis B vaccinations. During the 12-month period, 401 facilities actually administered the vaccination. In those facilities 13,655 inmates completed the 3-dose series vaccination for hepatitis B.