Conference Papers

Methadone, prisons and AIDS

Frank McLeod

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

McLeod gives an account of the development and operation of the methadone prison program in New South Wales, which is mainly supported as an anti-AIDS strategy. He looks at its benefits, costs, opponents and proponents. McLeod then discusses other AIDS related strategies: Milton tablets; condoms; compulsory testing; and education.