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November 2002, Vol 92, No. 11 | American Journal of Public Health 1789-1794
© 2002 American Public Health Association

RESEARCH AND PRACTICE

The Burden of Infectious Disease Among Inmates of and Releasees From US Correctional Facilities, 1997

Theodore M. Hammett, PhD, Mary Patricia Harmon, AB and William Rhodes, PhD

Theodore M. Hammett, Mary Patricia Harmon, and William Rhodes are with Abt Associates Inc, Cambridge, Mass. Mary Patricia Harmon is also with the Harvard Graduate School of Education, Cambridge.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Theodore M. Hammett, Abt Associates Inc, 55 Wheeler Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 (e-mail: ted_hammett{at}abtassoc.com).

Objectives. This study developed national estimates of the burden of selected infectious diseases among correctional inmates and releasees during 1997.

Methods. Data from surveys, surveillance, and other reports were synthesized to develop these estimates.

Results. During 1997, 20% to 26% of all people living with HIV in the United States, 29% to 43% of all those infected with the hepatitis C virus, and 40% of all those who had tuberculosis disease in that year passed through a correctional facility.

Conclusions. Correctional facilities are critical settings for the efficient delivery of prevention and treatment interventions for infectious diseases. Such interventions stand to benefit not only inmates, their families, and partners, but also the public health of the communities to which inmates return.




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