https://padlet.com/adeleonhernandez/Bookmarks Made with panache en-us 2022-04-26 18:11:40 UTC 2026-01-25 20:43:59 UTC hello@padlet.com adeleonhernandez https://padlet.com/adeleonhernandez/Bookmarks/wish/2195792559 • Nearly two-thirds of jail inmates said
they had been tested for tuberculosis
since admission; over a fifth reported
being tested for HIV.

Bureau of Justice Statistics Special Report. (n.d.). Retrieved May 23, 2022, from https://bjs.ojp.gov/content/pub/pdf/mpji.pdf 

An estimated 227,200 jail inmates said
they had an impairment, including a
learning, speech, hearing, vision,
mobility, or mental impairment (table
4). About 1 in 5 jail inmates said they
considered themselves to have a
disability

More than 4 in 10 jail inmates reported having a medical examination since admission to jail. A third of inmates reported having a blood test since admission. Six in ten inmates said they had been tested for TB, and more than 2 in 10 reported they had been tested for HIV


]]> 2022-05-23 12:34:42 UTC https://padlet.com/adeleonhernandez/Bookmarks/wish/2195792559 adeleonhernandez https://padlet.com/adeleonhernandez/Bookmarks/wish/2195798567 In 2011–12, an estimated 40% of state and federal prisoners and jail inmates reported having a current chronic medical condition while about half reported ever having a chronic medical condition

Twenty-one percent of prisoners and 14% of jail inmates reported ever having tuberculosis, hepatitis B or C, or other STDs (excluding HIV or AIDS).

Among prisoners and jail inmates, females were more likely than males to report ever having a chronic condition.

Medical problems of state and federal prisoners and jail inmates, 2011-12. (n.d.). Retrieved May 23, 2022, from https://bjs.ojp.gov/content/pub/pdf/mpsfpji1112.pdf ]]> 2022-05-23 12:38:58 UTC https://padlet.com/adeleonhernandez/Bookmarks/wish/2195798567 adeleonhernandez https://padlet.com/adeleonhernandez/Bookmarks/wish/2195808327 Today, prisons and jails in America are in crisis. Incarcerated people are beaten, stabbed, raped, and killed in facilities run by corrupt officials who abuse their power with impunity. People who need medical care, help managing their disabilities, mental health and addiction treatment, and suicide prevention are denied care, ignored, punished, and placed in solitary confinement. 

Prison conditions. Equal Justice Initiative. (2021, March 10). Retrieved May 23, 2022, from https://eji.org/issues/prison-conditions/ ]]> 2022-05-23 12:45:09 UTC https://padlet.com/adeleonhernandez/Bookmarks/wish/2195808327 adeleonhernandez https://padlet.com/adeleonhernandez/Bookmarks/wish/2195817075 EJI investigated the widespread sexual abuse of incarcerated women by male guards at Tutwiler. In interviews with more than 50 women incarcerated at Tutwiler, EJI uncovered evidence of frequent and severe officer-on-inmate sexual violence, including that several incarcerated women had become pregnant after being raped by prison guards.

Tutwiler Prison for women. Equal Justice Initiative. (2019, November 15). Retrieved May 23, 2022, from https://eji.org/cases/tutwiler/ ]]> 2022-05-23 12:51:09 UTC https://padlet.com/adeleonhernandez/Bookmarks/wish/2195817075