Objective: Evaluate needs medical treatment of inmates at the prison infirmary and at the state hospital (2009-2010). Subjects and methods: private medical treatment at the prison's 31 dinics and 26 hospitals from 2009 to 2010. Cross-sectional descriptive study combined quantitative and qualitative research described In the study based on secondary data. Results: At the Clinic: in 2009 had 582..583 respectively examination
In 2010 had 660.046 respectively examination. At the hospital: 22.603 respectively examination in 2009
in 2010 had 25.284 respectively examination. Morbidity of prisoners when medical treatment at a hospital mainly HIV/AIDS (43,29 to 51,20 percent), turbeculos (9,10 to 45,11 percent), hepatitis B, C... Conclusions: The need for medical treatment of prisoners is very large.