Health Care or Punishment?: Prisoners with HIV/AIDS

Abstract

We consider the reasons for and detail current changes to the prison medical service in England and Wales. We note that whilst civil society increasingly seeks redress through law, prisoners are ill equipped and relatively ineffective in using the courts. Instead, a medical paradigm might be an empowering process for prisoners to improve their quality of life. Delivery of an efficient health care service is a prisoner's right. This is of particular importance to HIV positive and AIDS prisoners for whom the standard of health care is literally a matter of life or death.

Caring for Drug Users? The Experiences of Women Prisoners

“…This includes a duty of care for those in custody (Thomas and Costigan 1992). Loss of liberty is a punishment, yet women should be 'safe' while being deprived of their liberty.…”

“…State institutions have the responsibility of providing a 'duty of care' over those on whom punishment is to be inflicted. This includes a duty of care for those in custody (Thomas and Costigan 1992). Loss of liberty is a punishment, yet women should be 'safe' while being deprived of their liberty.…”