SOC309Y1 Chapter Notes -World Health Organization, Sexually Transmitted Infection, Prison Sex
Document Summary
Sex occurs in prisons despite prohibitions, the world health organization (who) and the joint united nation program on hiv/aids have recommended for more than a decade that condoms be made available to prisoners. Also recommended that prisoners have access to bleach for cleaning injecting equipment, that drug-dependence treatment and methadone maintenance programs be offered in prisons if they are provided in the community and that needle-exchange programs be considered. And five country jail systems (ny, philadelphia, san francisco, la, washington dc) Drug-related offenses are a major reason for the population of incarcerated growth. More than half of all inmates had a mental health problem, and many have used illicit drugs as self-medication for untreated mental disorders. Some behaviors that increase the risk of contracting hiv and other bloodborne or sexually transmitted infections can also lead to incarceration, and the burder of infectious diseases in prisons is high.
