Drug Use Stigma and Reprisal: Barriers to Prison Needle Exchange in Canada

After years of advocacy by a range of civil society groups, supported by scholarly and empirical research, Canada's federal prison service implemented a needle exchange program at select carceral institutions in 2018. Since the program rollout, however, uptake has remained minimal. To understan...

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Main Author: De Shalit, Ann (Author)
Contributors: Van der Meulen, Emily ; Chu, Sandra Ka Hon ; Thomas, Rhiannon
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2024
In: The prison journal
Year: 2024, Volume: 104, Issue: 3, Pages: 344-364
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Keywords:
Correctional Officers
Former inmates
Harm Reduction
community-based research
injection drug use
needle exchange