Court Orders Jail to Give Inmates Aids Drugs
A group of prisoners with HIV/Aids in South Africa obtained a court ruling this week ordering their jail to supply anti-retroviral drugs.
A group of prisoners with HIV/Aids in South Africa obtained a court ruling this week ordering their jail to supply anti-retroviral drugs. A high court in Durban gave Westville prison two weeks to come up with a treatment programme.
The 15 prisoners with full-blown Aids took the jail and the departments of health and correctional services to court to obtain treatment. Their submission stated that there had been 110 Aids-related deaths at the prison this year and that the authorities delayed access to the drugs by permitting only one inmate a day to receive counselling.
The 15 prisoners with full-blown Aids took the jail and the departments of health and correctional services to court to obtain treatment. Their submission stated that there had been 110 Aids-related deaths at the prison this year and that the authorities delayed access to the drugs by permitting only one inmate a day to receive counselling.
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