ARV policy contradicts Prisons & Rehabilitation Act

A policy approved by Parliament, that denies provision of ARVs to foreign inmates, is in contravention of the Prisons and Rehabilitation Act.

This came to the fore at the Court of Appeal yesterday by the defence lawyers in a case in which the government is appealing last year’s High Court ruling that ordered it to provide ARVs for inmates.

To justify the appeal, state attorney Yarona Sharp argued before the bench that there was a policy in place that exempted foreign inmates from getting treatment and as such the respondents in the matter had failed to challenge that policy.

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