WHO Global Commission, AIDS Recommendations and Prisons in Australia (From HIV/AIDS and Prisons: Proceedings of a Conference Held 19-21 November 1990, P 7-20, 1991, Jennifer Norberry, Matt Gaughwin et al., eds. -- See NCJ-132465)

• NCJ Number: 132466
• Author(s): M Kirby
• Date Published: 1991
• Length: 14 pages
• Sale Source: Australian Institute of Criminology
• Publication Type: Guideline
• Language: English
• Country: Australia

Annotation

The World Health Organization (WHO) has provided sensible guidelines that corrections administrators and policymakers in Australia should use to control and prevent HIV infection and AIDS in correctional facilities.

Abstract

At a 1987 conference, the WHO experts issued a consensus statement that emphasized the need to perceive the control and prevention of HIV infection in the context of the larger obligation to significantly improve the overall hygiene and health services in prisons. Specific measures should include the provision of education and training to inmates and correctional staff, voluntary HIV antibody testing, confidentially of test results, provision of bleach or other cleaning materials for the tattooing equipment often used by Australian inmates, appropriate treatment of HIV infection and AIDS, and data collection. Australia should also resist political pressures to establish compulsory testing of prisoners and to prohibit the provision of condoms and sterile needles. 13 references