International Journal of Prisoner Health: Volume 2 Issue 3

The ‘5 star’ prison hotel? The right of access to ARV treatment for HIV positive prisoners in South Africa

Adila Hassin

South Africa has been hailed as possessing one of the most progressive and visionary Constitutions in the world. It recognizes the right of everyone to have access to health care…

Challenges and opportunities for HIV care in jails and prisons in the United States

Anne S. De Groot, Madeline Dilorenzo, Mary Sylla, Joseph Bick

At least 20% of individuals living with HIV pass through prison and jail doors every year, in any nation, worldwide. Therefore, interventions that improve access to HIV testing…

Model law to address HIV/AIDS in prison

Richard Pearshouse, Joanne Csete

This paper makes the case for, and describes an effort to develop and promote the use of, model law to address HIV/AIDS in prisons. First, it outlines the concept of model law and…

People with problematic drug use and HIV/AIDS in European prisons: An issue of patient confidentiality

Morag MacDonald

Research has shown that a key issue for prisoners using healthcare services during their sentence is that of patient confidentiality. Maintaining prisoners’ medical…

HIV/AIDS and HCV in prisons: A select annotated bibliography (part 3)

Ralf Jürgens

Since the early 1990s, various countries have introduced HIV prevention programmes in prisons. Such programmes include education on HIV/AIDS, HCV and on drug use for prisoners and…

Building an effective international framework to address HIV/AIDS in prisons

Rick Lines, Heino Stöver

HIV/AIDS is a serious health threat for prison populations in many countries, and presents significant challenges for prison and public health authorities. This situation is often…

Indonesian National Strategy for HIV/AIDS control in prisons: A public health approach for prisoners

Inang Winarso, Ingrid Irawati, Bambang Eka, Laura Nevendorff, Patri Handoyo, Hendra Salim, Faboi Mesquita

There were 89,708 prisoners in Indonesia in April 2006. The majority were charged for narcotics related crimes. Prisons are working at over‐capacity and with miniscule healthcare…

Pilot project for safe tattooing practices at Cowansville Institution

France Gratton

Under the framework of a pilot project for safe tattooing practices, Cowansville Institution officially opened the first tattoo parlor within a Correctional Service of Canada…

Giving a voice to (former) prisoners in the debate on prisoners’ health

James Motherall

The XVI International AIDS Conference, “AIDS 2006”, took place from 13 to 18 August and attracted 26,000 researchers, physicians, front‐line workers, advocates and others involved…