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Safety and Health in Corrections

• AFSCME Health and Safety Fact Sheets:
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• CDC National Prevention Information Network — HIV/AIDS, STD, TB prevention
• HIV in Prisons 2004 (BJS)
• When AIDS Comes to Work: An AFSCME Guide for Stewards
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• Prevention and Control of Tuberculosis in Correctional and Detention Facilities: Recommendations from CDC — Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, July 7, 2006, 55(RR09)
• Tuberculosis in Prisons — World Health Organization

• Hepatitis Testing and Treatment in State Prisons (BJS)
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• Addressing Correctional Officer Stress: Programs and Strategies — National Institute of Justice (PDF)
• Developing a Law Enforcement Stress Program for Officers and Their Families — National Institute of Justice (PDF)

• Preventing Workplace Violence — AFSCME
• New Approaches to Staff Safety — safety training and precautions for community corrections personnel; NICIC
• Body Armor Database — National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center
• NIJ Standard 0101.04 for Ballistic Resistance of Personal Body Armor — NLECTC (PDF)
• NIJ Standard 0115.00 for Stab Resistance of Personal Body Armor — NLECTC (PDF)
• Body Armor User Guide — NLECTC (PDF)
• Electronic Watch: Keeping Your Staff Safe
• Commission on Safety and Abuse in America's Prisons

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