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Table 1.

Demographic, forensic, and other characteristics of the participants.

Socio-demographic variables	N=66	Percentage	Mean±SD
Mean age			28.39±8.71
Gender Male Female	63 3	95.5 4.5
Marital status Never married Married Separated/divorced/widowed	36 21 9	54.5 31.8 13.7
Level of education primary school is the maximum did not complete secondary school completed sec or tertiary school	17 14 35	25.8 21.2 53.0
Prison category Awaiting-trial inmates Sentenced inmates	61 5	92.4 7.6
Recidivist Yes No	14 52	21.2 78.8
Kessler’s scale well mild distress moderate distress severe distress	23 20 14 9	34.9 30.3 21.2 13.6
Time jailed in Police before COVID-19 index case in Nig after COVID-19 index case in Nig	29 37	43.9 56.1
Time spent in Police jail (days) Minimum Maximum	0 180		32.20±34.41
Knowledge of COVID-19 Poor (score of 0-3) Average (score of 4-6) Adequate (score of 7-10)	35 10 21	53.0 15.2 31.8
Knowledge of COVID-19			3.82±3.33

Socio-demographic variables	N=66	Percentage	Mean±SD
Mean age			28.39±8.71
Gender Male Female	63 3	95.5 4.5
Marital status Never married Married Separated/divorced/widowed	36 21 9	54.5 31.8 13.7
Level of education primary school is the maximum did not complete secondary school completed sec or tertiary school	17 14 35	25.8 21.2 53.0
Prison category Awaiting-trial inmates Sentenced inmates	61 5	92.4 7.6
Recidivist Yes No	14 52	21.2 78.8
Kessler’s scale well mild distress moderate distress severe distress	23 20 14 9	34.9 30.3 21.2 13.6
Time jailed in Police before COVID-19 index case in Nig after COVID-19 index case in Nig	29 37	43.9 56.1
Time spent in Police jail (days) Minimum Maximum	0 180		32.20±34.41
Knowledge of COVID-19 Poor (score of 0-3) Average (score of 4-6) Adequate (score of 7-10)	35 10 21	53.0 15.2 31.8
Knowledge of COVID-19			3.82±3.33

N=total number of participants; S.D=Standard deviation. Nig=Nigeria