PRI CA
24 October 2012
Cases of death from tuberculosis are nine times more frequent in prisons that among the rest of the population. In all, 1,803 people in penal facilities in Kazakhstan are suffering from tuberculosis. Lyubov Rubezhanskaya, Director of the Public Fund for the Protection of Human Rights and the Eradication of Tuberculosis ‘Luch Nadezhdy’, shares the conclusions of her observations: ‘Unfortunately, there is currently a lack of consistent treatment for those who have been released from prison facilities with tuberculosis. We often come up against an unwillingness to continue treatment for a multitude of reasons: from a basic ignorance among ex-prisoners of the serious risk that this poses to their health, to a pressing need to be with and provide for their family. Sometimes, though, they are reluctant to continue treatment simply out of indifference to their state of health. The situation varies from region to region but there is not yet one single effective model for working with ex-prisoners.’
24 October 2012
Cases of death from tuberculosis are nine times more frequent in prisons that among the rest of the population. In all, 1,803 people in penal facilities in Kazakhstan are suffering from tuberculosis. Lyubov Rubezhanskaya, Director of the Public Fund for the Protection of Human Rights and the Eradication of Tuberculosis ‘Luch Nadezhdy’, shares the conclusions of her observations: ‘Unfortunately, there is currently a lack of consistent treatment for those who have been released from prison facilities with tuberculosis. We often come up against an unwillingness to continue treatment for a multitude of reasons: from a basic ignorance among ex-prisoners of the serious risk that this poses to their health, to a pressing need to be with and provide for their family. Sometimes, though, they are reluctant to continue treatment simply out of indifference to their state of health. The situation varies from region to region but there is not yet one single effective model for working with ex-prisoners.’