This briefing provides advocates with the evidence base and human rights framework for decarceration and the provision of harm reduction services in prisons.

The briefing compiles evidence to demonstrate:

• The first step in reducing harm associated with incarceration is to reduce reliance on incarceration itself.
• Providing harm reduction is a human rights obligation.
• Harm reduction services in prisons are an essential, effective and safe public health measure.
• People in prison are severely underserved by harm reduction services.