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Inmates are at exceptional risk for infection with HIV/AIDS. Basic HIV prevention measures are often not available to inmates or are not easily accessible. Safer sex tools such as condoms and lubricant may be difficult to access, and needle exchange programs have not been implemented in all Canadian prisons. High risk activities including unprotected sex, tattooing with shared equipment, and injection drug use are sometimes more common in prisons.

Even before entering correctional institutions, inmates could be more susceptible to infection than the general population. Inmates may come from economic and social backgrounds where effective education, prevention and treatment are lacking.

For more information on HIV/AIDS and prisons, check out our Briefing Documents.