Prevalence of HIV and injecting drug use in men entering Liverpool prison

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We defined new prisoners as men arriving at prison for the first occasion relating to their current remand (that is, awaiting trial or sentencing) or sentence. Over 10 weeks in early 1996, 969 such prisoners at reception to HM prison, Liverpool, were asked to complete a short, anonymous questionnaire on their drug related and sexual behaviour and provide a saliva sample.4 Though participation was voluntary, compliance was high—921 (95.0%) subjects completed all or part of the questionnaire and 905 (93.4%) provided a matched saliva sample, of which one tested positive. Most participants (881/906; 97.2%) originated within the British Isles, and ages ranged from 21 to 70 years (median 28), 63.2% (577/913) of subjects being aged 30 or under. Prisoners on remand accounted for 43.2% (396/916) of the sample. Previously 47.2.% (416/882) of subjects had been incarcerated before the age of 21 and 66.8% (588/880) had been in an adult prison.

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