HIV/AIDS

Interventions to address HIV in prisons: Needle and syringe programmes and decontamination strategies

Evidence for action technical paper


10 June 2007

Needle and syringe programmes and decontamination strategies

Illegal drugs are available in prisons despite the sustained efforts of prison systems to prevent drug use by prisoners by undertaking efforts to prevent the entry of drugs into prisons, by tightly controlling distribution of prescription medications, and enforcing criminal prohibitions on illegal drug possession and use among prisoners.





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