Aids Epidemic in Indonesian Jails — 18 April 2008


 

Aids epidemic in Indonesian jails — 18 April 2008 – Indonesia’s policy of sending drug users to prisons instead of rehabilitation centres has resulted in about 70 per cent of inmates reportedly dying of AIDS-related illness mainly spread through the sharing of dirty needles by drug users.

 

Push for rehab instead of prison in the NT

Filed under: drug treatment programs in prison

The national council on drugs has expressed concerns over the Territory Government's plans to build minimum security prisons for problem drunks, after new figures reveal the cost of imprisoning alcoholic offenders. Print page; Email this; Permalink …
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Young man who stabbed a fellow teen to death 5 years ago is out of prison and

Filed under: drug treatment programs in prison

He is reminded of that fact by special conditions placed on his release “to protect society,” such as abstaining from alcohol and drugs, following a treatment plan and living in the halfway house. Butler's family has remained supportive and very much a …
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