Prison cell spatial density and infectious and communicable diseases: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To summarise the extent and quality of evidence on the association between prison cell spatial density (a measure of crowding) and infectious and communicable diseases transmission among prisoners.

Design

Systematic review.

Data sources

Embase, PubMed, Medline, Scopus, Web of Science, PsycINFO, PsycExtra, ProQuest Databases, ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Global, Index to Legal Periodicals, InformitOnline, Cochrane Library, Criminal Justice Abstracts and ICONDA were searched to 31 December 2018.

Eligibility criteria

Studies that reported on the association between prison cell spatial density (measured in square feet or square metres of cell floor area per person) and infectious and communicable diseases in juvenile and adult populations incarcerate

SUBMITTER: Simpson PL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6661645 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature