Identity area
Reference code
AU NBAC H13-8
Title
A prison sentence shouldn't be a death sentence': protest at HIV/AIDS and Prisons Conference, Melbourne, against NSW Minister for Corrections, Michael Yabsley
Date(s)
- Nov 1990 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
Context area
Name of creator
(1990 - c. 1994)
Repository
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Includes flyer / notice for protest, demanding that people in prisons be given access to condoms, water-based lubricants, clean fits and bleach; safe sex and HIV/AIDS information; voluntary HIV/AIDS testing; post-test counselling; and sympathetic treatment. Minister Yabsley is identified in the notices as having introduced compulsory HIV testing for all NSW prisoners, and was to speak at the Conference on Tuesday 20 November 1990.