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Harm reduction policies and practices help people who are using drugs to stay alive and protect them from HIV and Hepatitis C

unaids.org UNAIDS Inside a prison in the Republic of Moldova where inmates have access to needles, syringes, disinfectants, condoms and informational materials on HIV and hepatitis, tuberculosis and other infectious diseases. 2014. Credit: UNAIDS/D. Gutu Feature story 22 February 202122 February 202122 February 2021 On any given day, approximately 11 million people worldwide are in confinement. On any given day, approximately 11 million people worldwide are in confinement. Drug injection and ...

Only one. >> historically in all prison settings sex offenders are low man on the totem pole, so to speak. inmates cant tolerate sex offenders. they really dont even like living in the same prison with them. >> you hear all the stories about this happens to sex offenders, you know, stabbings, beatings, rape. thats still a very fresh memory also. so i was scared. >> today alexs worries are focused not on his safety in prison, but about his re-entry committee meeting about his release, which is ju...

Im not hiding anymore. i found out that im not the only one. >> historically in all prison settings sex offenders are low man on the totem pole, so to speak. inmates cant tolerate sex offenders. they really dont even like living in the same prison with them. >> you hear all the stories about this happens to sex offenders, you know, stabbings, beatings, rape. thats still a very fresh memory also. so i was scared. >> today alexs worries are focused not on his safety in prison, but about his re-ent...

Its helped a helluva lot. i now have a lot more tools to deal with issues that still affect me, a lot of my issues from back then dont affect me anymore. im not saying that they are gone. but i know how to deal with them now. >> the reason for the sex offender program is such a high profile issue, and, quite frankly, the other reason is that sex offenders are going to get out of prison anyway. so we -- we are doing our best to rehabilitate them. because it is relatively new, we dont have statist...

Deal with issues that still affect me, a lot of my issues from back then dont affect me anymore. im not saying that they are gone. but i know how to deal with them now. >> the reason for the sex offender program is such a high profile issue, and, quite frankly, the other reason is that sex offenders are going to get out of prison anyway. so we -- we are doing our best to rehabilitate them. because it is relatively new, we dont have statistics as far as recidivism rate, but we do know that were g...

Affect me, a lot of my issues from back then dont affect me anymore. im not saying that they are gone. but i know how to deal with them now. >> the reason for the sex offender program is such a high profile issue, and, quite frankly, the other reason is that sex offenders are going to get out of prison anyway. so we -- we are doing our best to rehabilitate them. because it is relatively new, we dont have statistics as far as recidivism rate, but we do know that were giving them the tools to surv...

Deal with issues that still affect me, a lot of my issues from back then dont affect me anymore. im not saying that they are gone. but i know how to deal with them now. >> the reason for the sex offender program is such a high profile issue, and, quite frankly, the other reason is that sex offenders are going to get out of prison anyway. so we -- we are doing our best to rehabilitate them. because it is relatively new, we dont have statistics as far as recidivism rate, but we do know that were g...

Its helped a helluva lot. i now have a lot more tools to deal with issues that still affect me, a lot of my issues from back then dont affect me anymore. im not saying that they are gone. but i know how to deal with them now. >> the reason for the sex offender program is such a high profile issue, and, quite frankly, the other reason is that sex offenders are going to get out of prison anyway. so we -- we are doing our best to rehabilitate them. because it is relatively new, we dont have statist...