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In Canada, as in many other countries, prisoners in the penitentiary system1 suffer from the same illnesses as the general population (cardio-vascular diseases, cancer, diabetes, depression, etc.) but in much higher proportions (Wichmann, Serin & Motiuk, 2000; Boothby & Durham, 1999; Hammett & Maruschak, 1999).
In Canada, prisoners sentenced to two years or less are incarcerated in the provincial prison system and those sentenced to two years and more are incarcerated in the federal penitentiary system. Table 1 and 2 focus on inmates in the penitentiaries only.
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Robert, D. (2008). Prison and/as Public Health — Prisons and Inmates as Vectors of Health in the New Public Health Era. The Case of Canadian Penitentiaries. In: Tag, B., Hillenkamp, T. (eds) Intramurale Medizin im internationalen Vergleich. Veröffentlichungen des Instituts für Deutsches, Europäisches und Internationales Medizinrecht, Gesundheitsrecht und Bioethik der Universitäten Heidelberg und Mannheim, vol 32. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-77770-0_12
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