Managing HIV Seropositive Prisoners in South Australia: Some Successes and Failures (From HIV/AIDS and Prisons: Proceedings of a Conference Held 19-21 November 1990, P 133-141, 1991, Jennifer Norberry, Matt Gaughwin et al., eds. -- See NCJ-132465)

• NCJ Number: 132469
• Author(s): A Bloor
• Date Published: 1991
• Length: 9 pages
• Sale Source: Australian Institute of Criminology
• Publication Type: Survey
• Language: English
• Country: Australia

Annotation

The efforts by corrections officials in South Australia to prevent the transmission of HIV in correctional facilities and to integrate HIV-positive inmates with the general inmate population have had mixed results.

Abstract

Current policies include an emphasis on community-based sanctions, compulsory HIV antibody testing for all persons in custody for more than 7 days, modified quarantine for seropositive inmates, retesting of inmates after 3 months, education, drug rehabilitation, and AIDS education. Inmates who are seropositive for the HIV antibody have been integrated into the total population and inmates with behavior problems have been managed effectively. In addition, the Prisoner Assessment Committee and correctional staff have provided careful, individual case management. However, the correctional system has only recently begun to move away from considering HIV and AIDS in isolation and to recognize the need to develop more comprehensive strategies related to sexual behavior and drug abuse. Representatives of the South Australian Department of Correctional Services, the Drug and Alcohol Services Council, and the Prison Medical Service are currently reviewing the South Australian AIDS Strategy including the current responses to inmate sexual activity and intravenous drug use. 4 references