Prison rites: starting to inject inside

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The surveys were performed in Glenochil prison in July 19943 and in Barlinnie prison in September 1994.4 Seventy five questionnaires in Glenochil and 327 in Barlinnie were from injector-inmates; 25% of injectors in Glenochil (18/72, 95% confidence interval 15% to 35%) and 6% (20/319; 3% to 9%) of Barlinnie injectors reported that they had started to inject inside a prison.2 4 Half the prisoners, and three quarters of injectors, came from Glasgow. Barlinnie is a local prison for the Glasgow area, whereas Glenochil holds men serving longer sentences from throughout Scotland. Self reported information from injectorinmates was pooled to inquire into the characteristics of the 38 men who started to inject inside prison.