On Point: Recommendations for Prison-Based Needle and Syringe Programs in Canada
This report is the culmination of a multi-phase, multi-year undertaking that involved broad consultation and primary research to create recommendations for implementing prison-based needle and syringe programs (PNSPs), which provide sterile injection equipment to prisoners who inject drugs and help prevent the spread of HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV), in Canadian federal prisons.
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Published by
HIV Legal Network, Prisoners' HIV/AIDS Support Action Network (PASAN), Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University)
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Language(s)
English, French
Population(s)
People who inject or use drugs, Prisoners
Audience
Program tools
Resource Type
Report