Objective

Identify the conditions of access to health services of persons deprived of their Liberty (PDL) in the Penitentiary and Prison La Paz in Itagüí, Antioquia in 2012.

Materials and Methods

It is a cross-sectional descriptive study based on primary information obtained from a survey applied to a sample of 126 inmates of this institution. Descriptive and inferential statistics techniques were used: means, proportions and tests of statistical significance.

Results

The majority qualify adequate or very adequate continuity, opportunity and integrality of care. Everyone values how good or very good the treatment received. About one-third were denied or partially given the prescription drugs. 35.7% lost medical appointments due to administrative problems and most of them did not have sufficient information about their health rights. 66.7% said that their health deteriorated or remained the same after having been treated.

Conclusions

A high proportion of this people access services and qualify medical care positively, but there are still barriers to access to medicines, problems with information about rights, and negative evaluations of the impact of medical care received.