[The tuberculosis situation in the penitentiaries of Buryatia and measures of its stabilization].

The paper presents the results of the tuberculosis situation in the penitentiaries of the Republic of Buryatia. It analyzes organizational measures for prevention of tuberculosis and its early detection in the prisoners and reflect the main reasons of the spread of tuberculous infection in the reformatories. The paper also shows the interdepartmental interactions of the medical service of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation in the Republic of Buryatia with the Republican Tuberculosis Dispensary in notifying and controlling the patients who are in the reformatories, as well as the mechanisms of deporting the accused and convicts who suffer from tuberculosis.