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Compulsory testing and integration

Michael Yabsley

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

Yabsley, NSW Minister for Corrective Services, points to new restrictions on prisoners' property as a means of reducing the secreting of needles. He defends his government's refusal to supply condoms or needle exchange systems, and outlines his AIDS education and training initiatives as well as his new compulsory HIV testing program. He argues that his Government's stance against segregation of HIV positive prisoners demonstrates its ability to withstand political pressure.