... rights only Drug abuse Correctional health care Injecting drug use Needle exchange Offender health Illicit drugs Risk-taking behaviours, such as substance use and needle sharing, are typically more common in correctional settings than in the community (Canadian Centre on Substance...

..., such as prisoners, are often side-lined. The authors wanted to consider how it could prove beneficial beyond the MSM community. Design/methodology/approach First, the authors discuss whether the common objections to existing HIV harm reduction interventions in prisons, such as needle exchanges, are applicable...

... HIV Harm reduction Prison Opioid substitution therapy HCV Needle exchange A recent comprehensive review of the global disease burden in prisoners found that of the approximately 10.2 million people incarcerated at any given time, an estimated 3.8 per cent are living with HIV and 15.1 per...

... of the evidence, based on recent work undertaken by WHO. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 HIV HCV Prison Prevalence Risk behaviours Transmission Prevention Education Testing and counselling Condoms Rape Bleach Needle exchange International Journal of Prisoner Health, June 2006; 2...

...Rick Lines; Ralf Jürgens; Glen Betteridge; Heino Stöver This article examines the issue of prison needle‐exchange programmes (PNEP) based upon the international experience and evidence in six countries. A review of existing literature was undertaken together with original research comprising site...