EUROPEAN NETWORK ON HIV/AIDS AND HEPATITIS PREVENTION IN PRISONS Health & Consumer Protection EUROPEAN COMMISSION European Commission European network on HIV/AIDS and hepatitis prevention in prisons Directorate General for Health and Consumer Protection A great deal of additional information on the European Union is available on the Internet. It can be accessed through the Europa server (http://europa.eu.int). Cataloguing data can be found at the end of this publication. Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, 2001 ISBN 92-894-0926-6 © European Communities, 2001 Reproduction is authorised provided the source is acknowledged. Printed in Belgium PRINTED ON WHITE CHLORINE-FREE PAPER This project was funded by the Commission of the European Communities DG V, Europe against AIDS This report was written by : • Caren Weilandt, WIAD, Germany • Michel Rotily, ORS PACA- INSERM U379, France in collaboration with : Leena Arpo, Prison Administration, Pauli Leinikki, Institute of Public Health, Finland Peer Brehm Christensen, Odense Universitets Hospital, Denmark Maarten van Doorninck, Trimbos Institute, The Netherlands Enda Dooley, Department of Justice, Ireland Sheila Gore, MRC, Biostatistics Unit, U.K.