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Needle and Syringe Program
As rates of Hepatitis C in correctional facilities reach levels sixty times that of the general population, it is imperative that the role of needle sharing in the spread of blood-borne communicable diseases is recognised and taken seriously. Some form of Needle and Syringe Program must be implemented to ensure…
Pricking the Bubble Around Prison NSPs 17 January 2012 Introduction There is an unfounded fear in some sections of the general community and correction centres relating to the risk of both a needlestick attack and of contracting a blood-borne disease from such an injury. These fears have been deliberately aroused…
Media Release January 18, 2012 Prison Needles Risk is a Furphy “Unfounded fears and misinformation have deliberately been used to prevent prisoners accessing fresh needles and syringes,” Justice Action Coordinator Brett Collins said today. Justice Action launched its paper ‘Pricking the Bubble Around Prison NSPs’ today after an exhaustive consultation…
Implementation of a Needle and Syringe Program at the Alexander Maconochie Centre (pdf) The Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA) was engaged by the ACT Government in May 2011 to investigate and report on models for the implementation of an NSP in the AMC. The project also entailed an assessment…
Justice Action Report AMC PRISONERS' CONSULTATION: November 8, 2011 This Report was prepared following an all day Consultation with Alexander Maconachie Centre(AMC) prisoners. It was conducted by community members with special experience and standing in the prisoner and general community. Participants were: Kat Armstrong, Robert Barco, Brett Collins, Kiki…
Submission regarding Moore Report – Implementation of a Needle and Syringe Program (NSP) (read as pdf) Justice Action is a community-based organisation of criminal justice activists. We are consumers, prisoners, academics, and victims of crime, ex-prisoners, lawyers and general community members dedicated to making a change. We believe that meaningful…
Just Us September 2005 Vol:2 Issue 1 TIME FOR BLUE AND GREEN TO COME TOGETHER OVER HEP C Australia’s government and community health organisations have reason to be proud over how they faced the threat of HIV/AIDS together in the 1980s. Officials, health workers and activists worked to provide harm…
EXTRACTS FROM PRISON REPORTS ON SMUGGLING OF CONTRABAND AND ATTITUDE OF PRISONERS TO A PRISON NSP Burnet Report: External component of the evaluation of drug policies and services and their subsequent effects on prisoners and staff within the Alexander Maconochie Centre Final Report, April 2011 (Burnet Institute Report) at…
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