...Michael Francis Doyle; Megan Williams; Tony Butler; Anthony Shakeshaft; Katherine Conigrave; Jill Guthrie Purpose The purpose of this study is to describe what a sample of men in prison believe works well for the delivery of prison-based group alcohol and other drug (AoD) treatment programs...

...Venkatesan Chakrapani; Ram Kamei; Hoineilam Kipgen; Jayanta Kumar Kh Purpose The authors aimed to examine the incarceration experiences of injecting drug users in accessing harm reduction, and HIV‐related services inside prisons in India. Design/methodology/approach The authors conducted three...

...Charlotte N.E. Tompkins Purpose This paper aims to explore the cessation of injecting amongst male drug users when in prison in England and uncovers what influenced this behaviour and why. Design/methodology/approach Qualitative interviews were conducted with 30 male drug users on release from...

... drug use in prisons in a range of European countries, this paper considers the factors that impact on maintaining prisoners’ medical confidentiality and some of the attempts to address this issue. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 HIV/AIDS European prisons Confidentiality Drugs...

.... There has been an increase of deaths due to AIDS, particularly among people who inject drugs. Official data shows that HIV prevalence averages 22% in prisons. In late 2002, the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) decided to promote HIV/AIDS prevention and care activities for prisoners to prevent the spread of HIV...

... prison syringe‐exchange programmes have been implemented in diverse environments and under differing circumstances, the results of the programmes have been remarkably consistent. Improved prisoner health and reduction of needle sharing have been achieved. Fears of violence, increased drug consumption...