Conditions of detention and the deterioration of juveniles’ health: An evidence of ill‐treatment in Rio de Janeiro
Abstract
This paper demonstrates that the health of juveniles in deprivation of liberty in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, deteriorates while in detention and that conditions of detention are the major catalyst for offenders’ declining health status. The environment is conducive to the propagation and contamination of health‐related problems such as skin, respiratory, dental, and ear illness and viruses and parasitic infections. The paper concludes that at the moment, both inmates and the environment are disease carriers, deteriorating juveniles’ health status.
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Citation
Novis, R. (2007), "Conditions of detention and the deterioration of juveniles’ health: An evidence of ill‐treatment in Rio de Janeiro", International Journal of Prisoner Health, Vol. 3 No. 4, pp. 257-267. https://doi.org/10.1080/17449200701682451
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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