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Rights, duties, HIV/AIDS and corrections

John Godwin

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

Godwin discusses the legal duties of prisoner administrators in the context of AIDS management. These are: the duty of care to prisoners; the duty to comply with human rights obligations and non discrimination requirements; and the duty to provide a safe system of work for employees. He also deals briefly with some other legal and ethical dilemmas arising from AIDS testing in prisons.