Prisons, Antigone: “7 out of 10 prisoners are sick”

“Prison is an unhealthy place and detained people often need relevant and urgent treatment interventions. But even today there are too many obstacles for a dignified right to treatment”, is the complaint of the Antigone Association rights and guarantees Observatory. alarming: 70% of inmates have at least one disease, 70% smoke, almost 45% are obese or overweight, about 53% of new inmates have been assessed at risk of suicide.