In the 2000 Census of State and Federal Adult Correctional Facilities, 1,209 of the 1,584 State public and private adult correctional facilities reported that they tested inmates for hepatitis C between July 1,1999, and June 30, 2000. These facilities housed about 94% of all State inmates for whom prison census data were reported on June 30, 2000. Of the 57,018 hepatitis C tests made in the 12 months before the census, 17,911 (31%) were positive.

Nearly 70% of all State adult correctional facilities (1,104) reported that they had a policy to treat inmates for hepatitis C. A total of 6,046 inmates were treated between July 1, 1999, and June 30, 2000.

At midyear 2000, 1,033 facilities also reported that, as a matter of policy, they provide hepatitis B vaccinations. During the 12-month period, 401 facilities actually administered the vaccination. In those facilities 13,655 inmates completed the 3-dose series vaccination for hepatitis B.

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