Mumbai High Court Forms Committee To Address HIV/AIDS In Prisons

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Indian High Court Forms Committee To Address HIV/AIDS In Prisons

The high court in Mumbai, India, on Thursday formed a committee to

create guidelines aimed at preventing the spread of HIV in prisons in

response to the increasing spread of the virus among inmates, the

Daily News & Analysis reports.

Justices Ranjana Desai and DY Chandrachud requested that Advocate

General Ravi Kadam work with the inspector general for prisons to

complete a draft of the guidelines by Oct. 1. Desai said the

guidelines should address prevention and treatment for prisoners

living with HIV/AIDS. Chandrachud added, " The issue of sexual contact

between prison inmates will have to be confronted. "

The justices also discussed the idea of counseling centers in each of

the state's 36 prisons and making antiretroviral therapy available in

the prisons.

Advocate Rajesh Bindra said that at Yerwada prison, four physicians

provide care for 4,000 inmates and that help could come from the

National AIDS Control Organisation " to improve prison infrastructure "

(Daily News & Analysis, 9/12).

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