健康和监狱过度拥挤之间的关联,一个范围审查
Maha Aon1,2, Simon Oberconz1, Marie Brasholt3
1Prevention and Accountability Department, DIGNITY - Danish Institute against Torture, Copenhagen, Denmark.
BMC public health
|July 3, 2025
概括
监狱过度拥挤与更糟糕的健康结果有关,包括传染病和心理健康问题的增加率. 这一审查证实,拥挤的监狱与全球的负面健康影响之间存在显著的联系.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 犯罪学 犯罪学
- 流行病学 流行病学
背景情况:
- 在全球大多数监狱中,拥挤是普遍存在的.
- 关于与过度拥挤相关的负面健康结果存在共识,但定量证据有限.
- 了解这种准确的关系对于在惩戒设施中的公共卫生干预至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 系统地识别和总结有关监狱过度拥挤和健康结果之间的关联的定量研究.
- 提供当前证据库的全面概述.
- 突出监狱过度拥挤所加剧的特定健康问题.
主要方法:
- 使用了一个范围审查方法.
- 在两个学术数据库和一个灰色文献来源中进行了搜索.
- 包括使用过度拥挤作为独立变量和健康问题作为结果的定量研究.
主要成果:
- 分析了来自16个国家的34份记录和3项多国研究.
- 大多数研究发现了一个积极的关联:增加过度拥挤与更高的疾病患病率相关.
- 18篇文章证实了与结核病,COVID-19,自我伤害,抑郁症,死亡率和与暴力有关的伤害的独立积极关联.
结论:
- 监狱过度拥挤与一系列不良的身体和心理健康结果有显著的相关性.
- 虽然并非始终与自杀有关,但过度拥挤会加剧许多其他健康问题.
- 调查结果强调,迫切需要制定战略来缓解监狱过度拥挤及其对健康的影响.
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