title: The impact of prisons on the mental health of prisoners in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
abstract: The aim of this article is to assess the mental health status of inmates and people in custody in the state of Rio de Janeiro and the association between mental health and imprisonment using the Beck Depression Inventory and the Lipp Stress Symptom Inventory for Adults.
  
  
  METHODS
  1,573 individuals, via stratified sampling with probability proportional to size.
  
  
  METHODS
  more than half have up to 29 years old; 70.6% were black/brown; 77.4% had strong family ties; 42.9% had been incarcerated for under a year; and 22,9% performed work tasks in prison. Stress: 35.8% of men and 57.9% of women. Factors associated with stress among men: length of time in prison and family ties. Male prisoners who had been in prison for between 1 and 9 years are 0.55 times less likely to experience stress symptoms than those who had been in prison for less than a year; those with regular/weak family ties are more likely to experience stress than those with strong ties. Women with only regular/weak family ties are more likely to experience stress; work tasks performed in prison was a protective factor. Depression: 7.5% of women and 6.3% of men. Among men, practicing a religion, maintaining strong family ties, and performing prison work tasks are protective factors. Among women, an association was found between depression and family ties.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Estudos de Violência e Saúde Jorge Careli, Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Av. Brasil 4036/700, Manguinhos. 21040-361 Rio de Janeiro RJ. paticons@fiocruz.br.
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Constantino
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Estudos de Violência e Saúde Jorge Careli, Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Av. Brasil 4036/700, Manguinhos. 21040-361 Rio de Janeiro RJ. paticons@fiocruz.br.
authors.forename: Simone Gonçalves de
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Assis
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Estudos de Violência e Saúde Jorge Careli, Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Av. Brasil 4036/700, Manguinhos. 21040-361 Rio de Janeiro RJ. paticons@fiocruz.br.
authors.forename: Liana Wernersbach
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: Pinto
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003863:Depression / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health; D008875:Middle Aged; D011330:Prisons; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000453:epidemiology*