Prison Needle Exchange: Lessons from a Comprehensive Review ...

About the Authors
Rick Lines is the Executive Director of the Irish Penal Reform Trust in Dublin. He has
worked on HIV/AIDS and harm reduction in prisons since 1993 for several organizations,
including the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network. He may be contacted at rlines@iprt.ie.
Ralf Jürgens is a consultant working on HIV/AIDS, health, policy and human rights
issues in Montréal. From 1998 to 2004 he was Executive Director of the Canadian
HIV/AIDS Legal Network, and from 1992 to 1994 he was the Coordinator of the Expert
Committee on AIDS and Prisons of Correctional Service Canada. He may be contacted at
rjurgens@sympatico.ca.
Glenn Betteridge is a Senior Policy Analyst at the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network.
Before joining the Network, he worked as a staff lawyer at the HIV/AIDS Legal Clinic of
Ontario. He may be contacted at gbetteridge@aidslaw.ca.
Heino Stöver, PhD, is a social scientist working at the Bremen Institute for Drug
Research in Germany. He may be contacted at heino.stoever@uni-bremen.de.
Dr Dumitru Laticevschi has been involved in with the Moldovan NGO, Health Reform in
Prisons, since 1999 and was involved in implementing two prison needle exchange projects
in the country. He may be contacted at dlaticevschi@ucimp.mdl.net.
Dr Joachim Nelles initiated the first scientifically evaluated syringe exchange program in
Hindelbank prison in Berne, Switzerland, and since that time has headed scientific evaluations
of syringe exchange programs in various Swiss prisons. He may be contacted at
joachim.nelles@solnet.ch.
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