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Table 2 E4 analysis- Characteristics of the prisons at the national level

From: Insufficient access to harm reduction measures in prisons in 5 countries (PRIDE Europe): a shared European public health concern

 

Belgium (N = 17)

Austria (N = 27)

Denmark (N = 29)

Italy (N = 35)

number of prisoners on the day of the study

6046

8724

3361

14229

number of prisoners on the day of the study per prison - Mean (min-max)

356 (50–1126)

312 (58–1146)

116 (14–489)

407 (30–1519)

number of prisoners on the day of the study per prison- n(%)

    

<100

2 (11.8)

3 (10.7)

17 (58.6)

5 (14.3)

[100-350[

9 (52.9)

14 (50.0)

11 (37.9)

15 (42.9)

[350-600[

2 (11.8)

9 (32.1)

1 (3.4)

9 (25.7)

≥600

4 (23.5)

2 (7.1)

0 (0.0)

6 (17.1)

Number of personnel available / prison - Mean (min-max)

   

Sanitary staff

14 (3–48)

10 (2–69)

5 (1–36)

24 (6–75)

Doctors

3 (1–7)

5 (1–28)

2 (1–7)

14 (3–43)

Nurses

10 (1–36)

5 (1–44)

3 (0–19)

10 (2–34)

Security staff

254 (42–707)

109 (22–421)

77 (11–460)

211 (30–950)

Social workers

7 (1–18)

4 (1–12)

2 (1–8)

5 (1–17)

Number of personnel available/100 prisoners - Mean (min-max)

   

Sanitary staff

4 (2–12)

4 (1–43)

5 (2–18)

8 (2–37)

Doctors

1 (0.4-6)

2 (0.4-8)

2 (0.4-7)

5 (1–23)

Nurses

3 (1–6)

2 (0.2-28)

1 (0–5)

3 (1–13)

Security staff

70 (48–86)

37 (27–74)

64 (34–170)

29 (17–160)

Social worker

2 (0.4-7)

2 (1–7)

3 (0.4-9)

2 (1–3)

Available Consultation- n(%)

    

HIV (yes vs. no)

2 (11.8)

28 (100)

28 (95.6)

30 (85.7)

HCV/HBV (yes vs. no)

2 (11.8)

28 (100)

28 (95.6)

30 (85.7)

Psychiatric (yes vs. no)

14 (82.4)

26 (92.9)

25 (86.2)

35 (100)

Attendance of any NGO (yes vs. no)

7 (50)

5 (19.2)

0 (0)

11 (31.4)

Type- n(%)

    

RC only

5 (29)

 

16 (55)

30 (86)

PS only

5 (29)

10 (36)

3 (11)

5 (14)

SPS only

  

1 (3)

 

JUV only

    

RC-PS

5 (29)

4 (14)

3 (11)

 

PS-JUV

 

2 (7)

  

PS-SPS

  

1 (3)

 

RC-SPS

  

4 (14)

 

RC-PS- SPS

2 (12)

 

1 (3)

 

RC-PS- SPS-JUV

 

12 (43)

  

Gender- n(%)

    

Male

12 (71)

13 (46)

3 (10)

18 (56)

Female

1 (6)

1 (4)

0

0

Mixed

4 (24)

14 (50)

26 (90)

14 (54)

  1. HIV: Human Immunodeficiency Virus; HCV: Hepatitis C Virus; HBV: Hepatitis B Virus; NGO: Non-Governmental Organization; RC: remand center; PS: prison for sentenced; SPS: Security prison for sentenced; JUV: juvenile prison center