PASAN: Prisoners' HIV/AIDS Support Action Network: Prison Programming Basics

PASAN is a community-based network and organization, formed in 1991, that provides education, support and advocacy to prisoners and their families on HIV/AIDS and related issues. This brochure provides information for community organizations and service providers interested in serving the prison population. It explains the difference between federal and provincial prisons, and gives definitions for federal penitentiaries; provincial correctional centres; and remand/detention centres. It describes how programming opportunities differ depending on the prison type; how to ensure prisoners are able to contact organizations; and information on how to get into prisons in order to provide services.