where do we go from here? linking community organizing, people living with hiv and the prison...
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Where Do We Go From Here ?
Linking Community Organizing, People Living
with HIV and the Prison Industrial Complex
By: Anne Marie DiCensoPASAN Executive Director
Oct. 17, 2014
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Overview of Prison Organizing
In 1991 a network of Activists, AIDS Action Now Members, Organizations & People living with HIV/AIDS came together to discuss HIV & prisons.
This group came up with 40 recommendations for change in decreasing HIV transmission the prison system
Later the group called themselves PASAN
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Overview Continued... The first PASAN brief outlined a
comprehensive strategy for HIV prevention, support and advocacy.
The brief was presented to the community, The Ministries of Corrections and Health.
PASAN was established as an activist /prisoner’s health rights network.
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The History of PASAN PASAN’s funding started in 1993 with
funding from the City of Toronto AIDS Grants and The Ministry of Health and Long Term Care – the AIDS Bureau
One staff member was assigned the task of implementing the Brief, providing education & support services to HIV positive people in prison for all of Ontario ...
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History Continued... ... Needless to say this was an
impossible task.
By 1997 PASAN grew into a collective with 5 staff and a mandate to cover our three main goals – prevention, support & advocacy. We added HCV as part of our cause at this time as well.
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History Continued... Today PASAN has 14 staff. Mandate has
changed a little to ensure HCV is encompassed through out.
People in prison include HCV positive, HIV positive, drug users, homeless and people with Mental health – complex issues.
People in prison are: LGBTQ, from the ACB communities, Indigenous people etc.
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Key issues prisoners have faced
Harm reduction
Access to meds
Care that is comparable to that available in the community.
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What's changed? Prisoners still do not have access to
most Harm Reduction measures. Access to treatment for HIV & HCV
still limited. Litigation may be the only option for
some measures.
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Key Issues Facing PASAN As a hybrid organization – we are
service providers and activists which results in...
Less access to funding Less access to community supports Difficulty gaining credibility
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Where we go from here? We work better together We need to build solidarity between
populations. We need to remember that we are all
fighting HIV/HCV Back to our roots as AIDS Activists?
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Conclusion Prison industrial complex Statistics Populations Forgetting we were activists first. Bridging communities to work
together – a step beyond partnership
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THANK YOU!
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