Tag: prisons

Systemic Failure: How Prisons are Failing IDUs and the Community

One in nine people in prisons globally have a history of injecting drug use and their risk of HIV, viral hepatitis and tuberculosis is up to 45 times higher than …

Naloxone Needed in Prisons to Fight Nitazene Effects

The recent concern about fatal opioid overdose from nitazenes in the illicit drug supply has raised fears for many prison experts. People who are in prison are not afforded the …

In Our Library: May 2024 Highlights,

New to our library in May. Selection includes fact sheets and journal articles.

HR23: Strength in Solidarity

Hepatitis SA delegates to the Harm Reduction International Conference 2023 share their takeaways.

10 Ways to Reduce Blood-Borne Viruses in Prisons

Clean needle program tops the list of strategies in a consensus stastement released by the Harm Reduction in Prisons Working Group.

The Challenges of Aboriginal Prisoner Care in South Australia

While only 2.3 per cent of South Australia’s population is Indigenous, almost a quarter (22 per cent) of people in the State’s prison system are Aboriginal. The prison population is …

Tackling Hepatitis and Other Blood-Borne Viruses in Prisons

The prevalence of hepatitis C and  hepatitis B in Australian prisons is higher than in in the wider community, but prison settings also present and opportunity for testing, monitoring and …

Quite Little, Very Late – Government response to Silent Disease Report

The Federal Government’s response to the ‘Silent Disease’ inquiry into hepatitis C in Australia falls well short of what anyone living with hepatitis C could have hoped. Coming nearly 18 months …