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| Canada to set up tattoo parlors in prisons |
| By UPI |
| Published: 03/30/2004 |
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Canada's prison authorities will set up tattoo parlors at six federal prisons this year to reduce the spread of infectious diseases like hepatitis C. Citing a study, Francoise Bouchard, director general of health services for Corrections Canada, told a hepatitis C conference in Vancouver, British Columbia, that more than a quarter of all federal inmates have hepatitis C, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. reported Monday. It is not known how many of those cases resulted from tattooing, but Bouchard said at least 45 per cent of inmates engage in it with whatever they can get their hands on. "All kinds of things, metal, old metal equipment," she said. So, as a pilot project, Corrections Canada will set up tattoo parlors in six federal prisons. The sites have not been chosen. Bouchard said the shops will be staffed by inmates. |
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