REASONS GIVEN IN DEFENCE OF TESTING The reasons most frequently given for instituting random drug testing programmes are based on the argument that it is a good tool for controlling drug problems because it offers inmates a valid excuse to avoid either drug use or participation in drug trafficking, and it assists in protecting inmates' access to programmes and transfers to lower security prison...

The possible transmission of HIV/AIDS throughout the community is a serious issue. The nation's gaols, with their changing population, are of particular concern. This concern is reflected in some recent government initiatives: the New South Wales State Cabinet is planning to empower magistrates to order carriers of the virus to undergo medical treatment, counselling and surveillance; the Queens...

prisons come at great cost to society and still result in inmates disassociated from society. incarceration is however our primary forms of punishment; therefore we need to define the purpose of punishment to be integrated into our goals for prisons. prison architecture is a complex area of study, the classification proposed in this paper can be an important research tool by taking into conside...