Prison, confidentiality

Note equivalent to an opinion regarding confidentiality in the prison environment

Publié le 8 juillet 1996

The proportion of the prison population currently known to the medical services to be infected with HIV is still nearly 3 %, ten times higher in the general population.

In its 1993 report, Prison, sida et confidentialité, (Prison, AIDS and Confidentiality), the National AIDS Council recommended several measures aimed at promoting confidentiality : the continuation of the efforts already made to humanize the prison environment, and the implementation of specific training and information schemes for those living and working in the prison context.

In light of the present situation, the National AIDS Council considers it necessary to underline the unacceptable nature of any breach of confidentiality, irrespective of location or grounds.

In that regard, the National AIDS Council is insistent that an information telephone service for prisoners (as suggested by Sida Info Service in conjunction with the government’s Prisons Department) should be put in place on terms guaranteeing strict confidentiality for callers.

In the absence of a firm commitment from the Prisons Department to refrain from listening to or recording calls, the installation of this type of HIV/AIDS telephone information service would be counterproductive.

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