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Table 1 Table of attributes

From: A qualitative study of diphenhydramine injection in Kyrgyz prisons and implications for harm reduction

Pseudonym

Role/status in hierarchy

Gender

Age range

Duration PWID

Years on MMT

Lifetime # incarcerations

Duration current incarceration (y)

Key informants

Bashir

Obizhennyia

M

26–30

1–5

0

3

5–6

Yryskul’

NA

F

31–35

6–10

0

2

1–2

Tursun

Muzhik/poriadochnyib

M

46–50

1–5

0

1

3–4

Turat

Muzhik/poriadochnyi

M

41–45

16–20

5

6

1–2

Sasha

Muzhik/poriadochnyi

M

56–60

26–30

> 10

> 7

3–4

Nikolay

Redsc

M

46–50

21–25

3

4

1–2

Tair

Muzhik/poriadochnyi

M

46–50

36–40

0

7

5–6

Envar

Muzhik/poriadochnyi

M

31–35

16–20

0

4

1–2

Iurii

Muzhik/poriadochnyi

M

31–35

31–35

> 1

4

 > 8

Daniyar

Gadyd

M

41–45

21–25

1

4

3–4

Yuri

Muzhik/poriadochnyi

M

36–40

6–10

0

7

3–4

Key stakeholders

Marina

NGO staff

F

     

Timur

Blatnoie

M

     

Oksana

Women’s prison staff

F

     

Nurgul’

Medical staff

F

     
  1. PWID person who injects drugs, MMT methadone maintenance therapy, NA not applicable, M male, F female, NGO non-governmental organization
  2. aThe lowest caste of prisoners
  3. bLiterally, “the decent ones.” Second to highest and largest caste in the prisoner hierarchy
  4. cRefers to prisoners who work for the formal prison administration
  5. dThe second to lowest caste in the prisoner hierarchy
  6. eOne of the higher castes in the prisoner hierarchy, a leader within prison subculture