Update Hiv Aids In Correctional Facilities

As part of its work, The Expert Committee on Aids in Prisons (ECAP) prepared this Final Report in which it addresses issues that HIV/AIDS & drug use raise in federal correctional institutions & contains recommendations. Analyses issues, such as testing, housing & activities, educational programs preventive measures for inmates, protective measures for staff, health care, women inmates, etc.

The Final Report and its appendices : review the history of the response to HIV-AIDS in prisons, nationally and internationnally; present relevant new developments in the ares; examine whether there is a legal and-or ethical obligation to provide prisoners with the means that would be allow them to protect themselves against contracting HIV; address the issue of the potential liability for not providing condoms, bleach, and sterile needles and the resulting transmission of HIV in prison; and, make recommendations for action.