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A pragmatic approach to the delivery of HIV related services to prisoners

Stephen Kerr

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

Many suggestions for managing AIDS in prisons have been based on fear and stereotyping, and the nature of prison administration often frustrates the provision of anything apart from basic and essential services. However Kerr points to the establishment of a Corrections Health Board in Victoria to overcome these problems, and also to its initiatives in the HIV prevention arena.