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Prisons et santé

23 septembre 2014

Ce rapport offre des suggestions importantes de la part d’experts internationaux afin d’améliorer la santé des prisonniers et de réduire les risques créés par l’incarcération sur la santé et la société. Pour en savoir plus, en anglais, veuillez lire les informations ci-dessous.

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This report outlines important suggestions by international experts to improve the health of people in prison and to reduce the risks posed by imprisonment to both health and society. In particular, it aims to facilitate better prison health practices in the fields of:

  • human rights and medical ethics;
  • communicable diseases;
  • noncommunicable diseases;
  • oral health;
  • risk factors;
  • vulnerable groups; and
  • prison health management.

It is aimed at professional staff at all levels of responsibility for the health and well-being of detainees and at people with political responsibility. The term “prison” covers all institutions in which a state holds people deprived of their liberty.

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