NCJ Number
148582
Date Published
1994
Length
106 pages
Annotation
This report summarizes the findings and recommendations of an expert committee appointed by the Canadian government to review laws, policies, and other issues related to HIV infection and AIDS and by drug abuse in federal correctional institutions.
Abstract
The committee identified 14 major issues, including seroprevalence studies, HIV testing, offender medical information, housing and activities, educational programs, AIDS prevention, protective measures for staff, inmate medical services, and others. Recommended actions include making voluntary HIV antibody testing readily available to inmates, a review of procedures to ensure the confidentiality of medical information, the housing of HIV-positive inmates in the general inmate population, education of all inmates through written information and educational sessions, drug education, access to methods of preventing the sexual transmission of infectious diseases, the removal of consensual sexual activity from the list of institutional offenses, and making household bleach available to inmates as a general disinfectant. Additional recommendations. For the full report, see NCJ-148584.