Prison staff are supportive of such programs. I can't close my eyes and ignore it. Staff support this project. The Moral and Legal Responsibility of Prison Systems Clearly, prison systems have a moral, but also a legal, responsibility to act without further delay to prevent the spread of infectious diseases among inmates and to staff and the public, and to care for inmates living with HIV and other infections. It remains to be hoped that governments and the prison systems in Canada will now act without further delay, before courts will have to set a legal precedent holding them morally and legally responsible for the harm resulting from their inaction.
Immediate action is needed.
We owe it to the prisoners, and we owe it to the community, to protect prisoners from infection in prison. Unless we do so, courts or a commission of enquiry may one day have to explore why not enough was done to prevent HIV infection in prisons, although everyone was aware of the risks and knew the measures that could be taken to reduce them. Acknowledgments I would like to thank the many people, acknowledged in the Final Report, who have contributed to it, and Health Canada and the Correctional Service of Canada for funding the Joint Project. All ER 756 at 759. The Eighth Amendment Right to be Protected from Prison's Second Death Row.