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Prison AIDS project : prison officer education

Eileen Adamson

Published in:
HIV/AIDS and prisons : proceedings of a conference held 19-21 November 1990
Jennifer Norberrry, Matt Gaughwin and Sally-Anne Gerull (eds)
ISBN 0 642 16202 6 ; ISSN 1034-5086
Canberra : Australian Institute of Criminology, 1992
(AIC Conference Proceedings; no. 4)

Abstract

Adamson describes the education programs implemented by the Prisons AIDS Project, which were designed to help officers come to terms with AIDS related issues. These programs include: information sessions for current officers; primary training for new recruits; and in particular, the AIDS Management Course. The latter was based on the idea of training officers so that they could act as role models and resource persons.