Health Care in Detention

A practical guide

14-05-2015 PublicationRef. 4213

This booklet contains practical advice for assessing public health and its determinants in laces of detention throughout the world. It draws heavily on the ICRC's extensive experience in this field. The booklet will be of great assistance to health authorities, prison authorities and all those responsible for the provision of health care in prisons who seek to maintain or improve the health of people deprived of their freedom.