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Fifty\u2010seven per cent (929) of PWID<\/jats:styled-content> were receiving opiate substitution treatment (OST<\/jats:styled-content>) at the time of the survey. Of all prisoners, 2.5% and 8% of PWID<\/jats:styled-content> reported injecting during their current period of incarceration.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Conclusion<\/jats:title>The low incidence of HCV<\/jats:styled-content> infections in S<\/jats:styled-content>cottish prisons is due most probably to the low occurrence of in\u2010prison injecting and high coverage of OST<\/jats:styled-content>. Low HCV<\/jats:styled-content> risk can be achieved in prisons without necessarily introducing needle exchange programmes, but close monitoring of risk behaviours is essential. 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