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Health
The proposed Needle and Syringe Program at the Andrew Maconochie Centre in the ACT provides a window through which to view attitudes towards prisoners’ health and their right to an equivalent health care system. The fierce objection to its introduction by prison officers highlights Corrections’ approach to prisoners’ health -…
(Source: British Medical Journal, 22 January 2007) bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/reprint/326/7379/56.pdf I can speak from first hand experience about the lack of health care within the prison service, albeit from the perspective of the much over populated female estate. The job of being a prison doctor is hard. Many inmates are drug users…
The Victory for the Long Bay mental patients time out of cells isn't over! Campaign report. It went to Parliament for an Urgency Debate on 12/11/08, and we had the majority. But Minister Hatzistergos' promises were not kept. Media release 2nd Dec Patient statement
Inmate Facts (Source: Justice Health - 2001 Inmate Health Survey) Most inmates are male, as females make up only 6% of the inmate population. 19% of male inmates and 32% of female inmates are Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, compared with 2% of the general community in NSW. 50% of…
The New South Wales Corrections Health Service (CHS) estimates that about 80% of prisoners have been imprisoned for offences related to legal or illegal drug use or committed whilst under their influence. Drug Use in Prison Justice Action raises concerns about improper medication and treatments when these arise. Justice Action…
Media release: September 25, 2008 download pdf VICTORY FOR MENTAL PATIENTS LONG BAY LOCKDOWN Finally the government has acknowledged the right of mental patients to treatment that respects their special needs. To cause vulnerable citizens to suffer for administrative purposes is essentially torture and diminishes us as a community…
Health in Australias Aboriginal Prison Population By Susan Allan. 12 June 2006 During the past weeks, since Alice Springs Crown Prosecutor, Nannette Rogers, made allegations on national television about widespread child sexual abuse in Aboriginal communities, Australian politicians and the media have stepped up demands for repressive measures against Aboriginal…
By Rosemary Desmond http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21085820-1702,00.html January 19, 2007 07:15pm Article from: AAP CLEAN syringes should be available to Queensland prisoners, given the inability of Corrective Services to keep drugs out of the system, the state coroner says. Speaking during an inquest into the death of a prisoner by overdose, Michael Barnes…
The Laws of the Australian Government recognise that a person's capacity to access health services is not compromised by reason of imprisonment and that all people have a basic right to health. This recognition is evidenced in Australia's international treaty obligations. There is little doubt that prisoners are amongst the…
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