Conference Papers

WHO Global Commission, AIDS recommendations and prisons in Australia

Michael Kirby

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)

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Abstract

Kirby discusses: the nature of the HIV virus and modes of transmission; international data about AIDS in prisons; the responses of Australian correctional authorities; recommended guidelines from the World Health Organization, and other prisoner protection strategies. In particular, he deals with compulsory testing, condom provision, and intravenous drug users. (Adapted and updated version of the South Australian Justice Administration Foundation Annual Oration: "AIDS strategies and Australian prisons", 1990)