title: UK: legal action on needle exchange programs in prisons dismissed.
abstract: In April 2005, a judicial review application against the UK Home Secretary for his failure to introduce needle exchange programs in prisons in England and Wales was dismissed by a judge at the Royal Courts of Justice (Administrative Court Division).
authors.forename: Delphine
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Valette
mesh_terms: D004739:England; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission; D006801:Humans; D016485:Needle Sharing; D018671:Needle-Exchange Programs / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D011330:Prisons / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014852:Wales