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Arizona
 
Mental Health

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Characteristics and predictors of self-mutilation: a study of incarcerated women.
Roe-Sepowitz D.
Crim Behav Ment Health. 2007;17(5):312-21.
 Abstract

On the role of correctional officers in prison mental health.
Dvoskin JA, Spiers EM.   
Psychiatr Q. 2004 Spring;75(1):41-59
 Abstract 

STIs/STDs: General

       Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters  
 
Diné Unity Project: A community-based STD screening project
M-G Begay, B Duran, NT Tsosie, et al
 (135 APHA)
 Abstract

STD Interventions in Large County Jail Facilities: Phoenix, Arizona (P45)
P Powers, G Steinhauser, J Weisbuch
(2002 National STD)
 Abstract
Colorado
 
HIV

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  A WEEK-IN-REVIEW FEATURED REPORT
Effectiveness of an HIV Prevention Intervention in Prison Among African Americans,
Hispanics, and Caucasians.
Bryan A, Robbins RN, Ruiz MS, O'Neill D.
 Health Educ Behav. 2006 Apr;33(2):154-77.
Abstract
District of Columbia
 

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Acceptability of condom availability in a U.S. jail.
May JP, Williams EL Jr.
AIDS Educ Prev. 2002 Oct;14(5 Suppl B):85-91
 Abstract
 
         Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters
 
  Denials and delays: Limits on the right to health care among incarcerated
women in the District of Columbia women's jails, 2004-2005
 NF Masenior, C Beyrer, J Gerson, et al
 (135 APHA)
 Abstract
Delaware
 

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Treatment during transition from prison to community and subsequent illicit drug use.
 Butzin CA, Martin SS, Inciardi JA .
J Subst Abuse Treat. 2005 Jun;28(4):351-8
 Abstract
Hawaii
 
        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Prevalence of chlamydial and gonorrheal infections among females in a juvenile detention
facility, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Katz AR, Lee MV, Ohye RG, et al 
J Community Health. 2004 Aug;29(4):265-9.
 Abstract
Indiana
 
        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Impact of a mental health training course for correctional officers on a special housing unit.
Parker GF.  
Psychiatr Serv. 2009 May;60(5):640-5.
 Abstract
Iowa
 
        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Commentary: implications for assessment and treatment of addictive and mentally disordered
offenders entering prisons.
Easton CJ, Devine S, Scott M, Wupperman P. 
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law. 2008;36(1):35-7.
 Abstract
 
Frequency of Mental and Addictive Disorders Among 320 Men and Women Entering
the Iowa Prison System: Use of the MINI-Plus.
Gunter TD, Arndt S, Wenman G, et al  
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law. 2008;36(1):27-34
 Abstract

Borderline personality disorder in male and female offenders newly committed to prison.
Black DW, Gunter T, Allen J, et al
Compr Psychiatry. 2007 Sep-Oct;48(5):400-5.
 Abstract
 
  Psychiatric prescribing trends and practices in Iowa's prisons.
Lund BC, Flaum M, Adam LA, Perry PJ.
Psychiatr Serv. 2002 Aug;53(8):1023-8
 Abstract
Kansas
 
        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
 Tuberculosis Transmission in Multiple Correctional Facilities --- Kansas, 2002--2003
MMWR  August 20, 2004 / Vol. 53 / No. 32
 Paper
 
Telemedicine services to a county jail.
Zaylor C, Whitten P, Kingsley C.
J Telemed Telecare. 2000;6 Suppl 1:S93-5.
 Abstract
Louisiana
 
        News
 
  New Orleans: Prisoners Abandoned to Floodwaters
Human Rights Watch
September 22, 2005
 News Report
 
        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Jail Drug and Alcohol Treatment Program Reduces Recidivism in Nonviolent Offenders:
A Longitudinal Study of Monroe County, New York's, Jail Treatment Drug and Alcohol
Program.
Turley A, Thornton T, Johnson C, Azzolino S.
Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol. 2004 Dec;48(6):721-8
 Abstract
Michigan
 
         News
 
  US: Michigan Moves to End Life Without Parole for Juveniles
Human Rights Watch 
Dec 9, 2008
 News Report
Minnesota
 

General Reports

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
The Impact of Prison-Based Treatment on Sex Offender Recidivism: Evidence From Minnesota.
Duwe G, Goldman RA. 
Sex Abuse. 2009 Jun 16.
Abstract

Mitigating the ill effects of maternal incarceration on women in prison and their children.
Luke KP.
Child Welfare. 2002 Nov-Dec;81(6):929-48.
 Abstract

Juveniles

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
Female incarcerated adolescents with language problems talk about their own
communication behaviors and learning.
Sanger D, Moore-Brown BJ, Montgomery J, et al 
J Commun Disord. 2003 Nov-Dec;36(6):465-86.
 Abstract

Health care of youth in corrections.
Joseph-Di Caprio J.
 Minn Med. 2002 Aug;85(8):40-2.
Abstract

Mississippi
 
Juveniles

         Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters
 
 

STD Risk Behaviors Among Incarcerated Youth
C Baird, A Robertson
(2004 National STD Prevention Conference)
 Abstract

Disease Incidence/Epidemiology

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
 Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Skin or Soft Tissue Infections in a State
Prison --- Mississippi, 2000
 MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2001 Oct26;50(42):919-22
Paper
Nebraska
 
General Reports

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Female incarcerated adolescents with language problems talk about their own
communication behaviors and learning.
Sanger D, Moore-Brown BJ, Montgomery J,  et al
Commun Disord. 2003 Nov-Dec;36(6):465-86.
Abstract
New Hampshire
 
Mental Health/Illness

      Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Legal system involvement and costs for persons in treatment for severe mental illness
and substance use disorders.
Clark RE, Ricketts SK, McHugo GJ.
 Psychiatr Serv. 1999 May;50(5):641-7.
 Paper
New Mexico
 

      Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Drugs, detention, and death: a study of the mortality of recently released prisoners.
Krinsky CS, Lathrop SL, Brown P, Nolte KB.  
Am J Forensic Med Pathol. 2009 Mar;30(1):6-9.
 Abstract
 

Breaking the cycle/mending the hoop: adverse childhood experiences among incarcerated
american indian/alaska native women in new Mexico.
 De Ravello L, Abeita J, Brown P, et al 
Health Care Women Int. 2008 Mar;29(3):300-15.
 Abstract
 
Neuropsychological implications of selective attentional functioning in psychopathic offenders.
Mayer AR, Kosson DS, Bedrick EJ.  
Neuropsychology. 2006 Sep;20(5):614-24.
 Abstract

Tattoos, incarceration and hepatitis B and C among street-recruited injection drug users
in New Mexico, USA: update.
Samuel MC, Bulterys M, Jenison S, Doherty P.  
Epidemiol Infect. 2005 Dec;133(6):1146-8.
 Abstract
Ohio
 
Spirituality/Religion

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Muslims in prison: a case study from Ohio state prisons.
Ammar NH, Weaver RR, Saxon S. 
Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol. 2004 Aug;48(4):414-28.
 Abstract
 
Mental Health
 
        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Screening for bipolar disorder in a county jail at the time of criminal arrest.
Kemp DE, Hirschfeld RM, Ganocy SJ, et al
J Psychiatr Res. 2007 Oct 10;
Abstract
Violence

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Perceived abuse and disability in a sample of Ohio's women's correctional population.
McNamara JR, Fields SA.
Psychol Rep. 2002 Dec;91(3 Pt 1):849-54.
 Abstract
HIV
 
        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Brief Motivational Intervention to Reduce HIV Risk and to Increase HIV Testing Among Offenders
Under Community Supervision.
Alemagno SA, Stephens RC, Stephens P, et al  
J Correct Health Care. 2009 Apr 20.
Abstract

STIs/STDS

     Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters

 

Incentive Program to Increase Voluntary Syphilis Screening in a County Correctional
Facility (P54)
G Nowels, T Chrestoff, H Scaife, et al
 (2002 National STD)
 Abstract
Oregon
 
General Reports

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Development of a Multisystemic Parent Management Training Intervention for Incarcerated Parents,
Their Children and Families.
Eddy JM, Martinez CR, Schiffmann T, et al 
Clin Psychol (New York). 2008 Nov 1;12(3):86-98.
 Paper

Juveniles

          Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters

  Urine-Based Chlamydia Screening of Young Men in State and Local Juvenile
Detention Facilities—Prevalence Variations in Oregon and Washington,
1998–2000 (P47)
DS LaMontagne, LE Patrick
(2002 National STD)
 Abstract
 
Chlamydia

          Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters

  Urine-Based Chlamydia Screening of Young Men in State and Local Juvenile
Detention Facilities—Prevalence Variations in Oregon and Washington,
1998–2000 (P47)
DS LaMontagne, LE Patrick
 (2002 National STD)
 Abstract
Pennsylvania
 

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Doing time: A qualitative study of long-term incarceration and the impact of mental illness.
Yang S, Kadouri A, Révah-Lévy A, Mulvey EP, Falissard B.
Int J Law Psychiatry. 2009 Jul 18
 Abstract

Effectiveness of a jail-based treatment program for individuals with co-occurring disorders.
Rothbard AB, Wald H, Zubritsky C, et al  
 Behav Sci Law. 2009 Jul 15;27(4):643-654
 Abstract

Screening Male Prisoners for Chlamydia trachomatis: Impact on Test Positivity Among
Women From Their Neighborhoods Who Were Tested in Family Planning Clinics.
Peterman TA, Newman DR, Goldberg M, et al  
Sex Transm Dis. 2009 Jul;36(7):425-9.
 Abstract

Examining relationships between receiving mental health services in the pennsylvania prison
system and time served.
Metraux S. 
Psychiatr Serv. 2008 Jul;59(7):800-2.
Abstract
 
Critical time intervention for reentry from prison for persons with mental illness.
Draine J, Herman DB.  
Psychiatr Serv. 2007 Dec;58(12):1577-81.
 Abstract
 
Correlations between the Psychological Inventory of Criminal Thinking Styles and World-View
Rating Scale in male federal prisoners.
Walters GD.
Crim Behav Ment Health. 2007 Apr 17;
 Abstract
 
The Resolve to Stop the Violence Project: reducing violence in the community through a
jail-based initiative.
Gilligan J, Lee B.  
Public Health (Oxf). 2005 Apr 8;
Abstract

Deaths among criminal suspects, law enforcement officers, civilians, and prison inmates:
a coroner-based study.
Koehler SA, Weiss H, Songer TJ,  et al.
Am J Forensic Med Pathol. 2003 Dec;24(4):334-8.
 Abstract

          Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters  

 
Evaluation of the Riverside Prison Project, A Sexuality Education Program for Women & Teens
Developed by Planned Parenthood Southeastern Pennsylvania (PPSP)
AM Villanueva, K Fitchette-Gordon, CE Edwards 
(136 APHA)
 Abstract
 
Improving the health of pregnant and postpartum incarcerated women and their babies:
An innovative prison-based program in urban Philadelphia
M Mogul, A Hilley 
(136 APHA)
 Abstract
 
Experience-based HIV/STD/hepatitis C educational training among incarcerated populations of Northwest
Pennsylvania
P. Puline, A. Moradi, R. Nassiri
 (XVII  International AIDS Conference)
 Abstract
 
Does Screening and Treating Incarcerated Men for Chlamydia Have an Impact on Positivity
Rates in Females Attending Family Planning Clinics? The Philadelphia Experience
DR Newman, G Anschuetz, TA Peterman, et al
 (2008 National STD)
 Abstract
 
Chlamydia screening and treatment in Philadelphia prison: Did it impact community Chlamydia
rates?
M. Goldberg
(2008 National STD)
 Abstract

Integrating HIV prevention and treatment into the jail and prison health care
L Frank
 (15IAC)
 Abstract
Puerto Rico
 
HIV

       Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  HIV Transmission Behaviors in Jail/Prison Among Puerto Rican Drug Injectors in New York
and Puerto Rico.
Kang SY, Deren S, Andia J, Colon HM  
AIDS Behav. 2005 Aug 18;:1-10  
 Abstract
South Carolina
 
General Reports
 
          Internet Document
 
  FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
The Power of Pink
Fellner J, 
Human Rights Watch September 2007
Commentary
 
Juveniles

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
  The effects of child maltreatment on violent offending among institutionalized youth.
Gover AR.
 Violence Vict. 2002 Dec;17(6):655-6
 Abstract

Tuberculosis

Incidence/Epidemiology

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Extensive transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis among congregated,HIV-infected
prison inmates in South Carolina, United States.
McLaughlin SI, Spradling P, Drociuk D, et al
Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2003 Jul;7(7):665-72.
Abstract
 
  FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
 Drug-Susceptible Tuberculosis Outbreak in a State Correctional Facility Housing
HIV-Infected Inmates -
CDC
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2000 Nov 24;49(46):1041-4
 Paper
South Dakota
 
        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  A Captive Audience Bringing the WISEWOMAN Program to South Dakota Prisoners.
Khavjou OA, Clarke J, Hofeldt RM, et al.
Womens Health Issues. 2007 Jun 13;
 Abstract 
Vermont
 
        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
The effect of inmates' self-reported childhood and adolescent animal cruelty: motivations on
the number of convictions for adult violent interpersonal crimes.
Hensley C, Tallichet SE. 
Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol. 2008 Apr;52(2):175-84
 Abstract 

Outcomes in a Community Sex Offender Treatment Program: A Comparison Between
Polygraphed and Matched Non-polygraphed Offenders.
McGrath RJ, Cumming GF, Hoke SE, Bonn-Miller MO.
Sex Abuse. 2007 Oct 4;
 Abstract 
West Virginia
 
Juveniles
 
        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Predictors of Infection With Chlamydia or Gonorrhea in Incarcerated Adolescents.
Robertson AA, Thomas CB, St Lawrence JS, Pack R.
Sex Transm Dis. 2005 Feb;32(2):115-122.
 Abstract 
Wisconsin
 
        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Clostridium perfringens Infection Among Inmates at a County Jail --- Wisconsin, August 2008
CDC
MMRW Feb 20, 2009 / 58(06);138-141
 Paper

Substance Use and Sexual Behavior during Incarceration among 18- to 29-Year Old Men:
Prevalence and Correlates.
Seal DW, Margolis AD, Morrow KM, et al
 AIDS Behav. 2007 Mar 8;
Abstract 

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