Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2012
Format:
PDF
BETWEEN:STEVEN SIMONS, CANADIAN HIV/AIDS LEGAL NETWORK, PRISONERS WITH HIV/AIDS SUPPORT ACTION NETWORK, CANADIAN ABORIGINAL AIDS NETWORK and CATIE (Applicants)– and –MINISTER OF PUBLIC SAFETY, CORRECTIONAL SERVICE OF CANADA, COMMISSIONER OF THE...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2012
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Fact sheet
A series of four info sheets on the human rights of women living with or vulnerable to HIV in Canada.
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2012
Format:
Video
Meet Sheryl, a mother of two who was infected with hepatitis C from sharing drug injection equipment. She describes the trauma of prison. Part of a series on prison health.
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2012
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Fact sheet
This is one in a series of four info sheets on the human rights of women living with or vulnerable to HIV in Canada.
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2012
Format:
Video
Resource Type:
Presentation
Meet Corrine. She works in prison support and understands the conditions many prisoners face inside and just why injection drug use is so rampant. Part of a series on prison health.
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2012
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Report
This document presents evidence and recommendations in support of implementing prison-based needle and syringe programs in Canada.
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2012
Format:
Video
Resource Type:
Presentation
Meet William and Connie. William used drugs to cope with the death of his parents. His sister Connie worries about him in prison and is concerned for his health. Part of a series on prison health.
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2012
Format:
Video
Resource Type:
Presentation
Meet Kathleen. Her husband is currently serving time in prison. She worries about his health while he is there, as well as the health of his fellow inmates. Part of a series on prison health.
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2010
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Report
What do people in prison have to say about the Canadian government’s unwillingness to permit the distribution of clean needles in prison?Between 2008 and 2009, interviews were conducted in person and over the phone in British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba,...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2009
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Report
Harm reduction measures aimed at preventing HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) transmission in prisons are neither new nor groundbreaking in Canada. Prison systems have implemented, to varying degrees, forms of harm reduction such as condoms, bleach and methadone...
