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Ontario court’s failure to ensure safe, equitable access to sterile needles blow to prisoners’ rights

A properly designed program would provide prisoners with meaningful access to sterile injection equipment to reduce their risk of infection while also minimizing the risk of accidental needle-stick injuries to staff.

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Ontario court’s failure to ensure safe, equitable access to sterile needles blow to prisoners’ rights

A properly designed program would provide prisoners with meaningful access to sterile injection equipment to reduce their risk of infection while also minimizing the risk of accidental needle-stick injuries to staff.

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