Failure to provide proper treatment strategies has led to high levels of HIV tuberculosis and hepatitis B and C infection among prisoners says a study that shows the growing number of drug usage in lock-ups. The study has found that in parts of Europe over a third of inmates inject drugs (38 %) while in Australia (55 %) it is more than half. This is in stark contrast with injecting drug use among the general population (0.3 % in EU and 0.2 % in Australia). Here s why drug users are more prone to hepatitis. According to the study up