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Table 2 Characteristics of prisoners in the prisons of Northwest Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia, January to February, 2015 (n = 649)

From: More than eight in every nineteen inmates were living with depression at prisons of Northwest Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia, a cross sectional study design

Covariates

Frequency (%)

Type of prisoners

 Life time prisoners

138 (21.3)

 Not life time prisoners

511 (78.7)

Religious practice

 Always

308 (47.5)

 Sometimes

229 (35.3)

 Never

112 (17.3)

Participate in income generating activities

 Yes

389 (59.9)

 No

260 (40.1)

Having job before being prisoner

 Yes

467 (72)

 No

182 (28)

Felt happy before being prisoner

 Yes

567 (87.4)

 No

82 (12.6)

had friend in the prison

 Yes

407 (62.7)

 No

242 (37.3)

Discriminated because of imprisonmenta

 Yes

283 (43.6)

 No

365 (56.4)

Frequency of feeling guilty of crime

 Always

354 (54.5)

 Sometimes

105 (16.2)

 Never

190 (29.3)

Perceived magnitude of mistake

 Hard

304 (46.8)

 Medium

152 (23.4)

 Low

193 (29.7)

Accepted crime committed

 Yes

267 (41.1)

 No

313 (48.2)

 No idea

69 (10.6)

Crime penalty accepted

 Yes

30 (4.6)

 No

557 (85.8)

 No idea

62 (9.6)

Satisfaction with the care in the prison

 Good Satisfaction

65 (10)

 Medium satisfaction

580 (89.4)

 Low satisfaction

4 (0.6)

  1. aby friends, parents, and relatives