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The following papers where presented at the first conference of health service providers from Australia and New Zealand working in correctional institutions: -Session 1: OverviewHealth services in the correctional setting / Richard HardingPrisoners as patients: a perspective on medical care in a unique environment / Peter HearneAn administrative perspective: health services in a custodial setting / Ian HillSession 2: Psychiatric Illness and OffendersMental illness and crime / William BarclayPsychiatry in a correctional setting / Ken O'BrienPersonality disorders: a description and some guidelines for treatment/management / Henry J. JacksonSession 3: Alcohol, Drugs and OffendingCrime and partial legalisation of heroin / Don WeathrburnPrison based treatment programs / Paul HamiltonUrine analysis in corrections / Loane SkeneMethadone, aids and goals / Frank McLeodSession 4: Special Needs GroupsThe implications for custodial authorities of aboriginal health status / Bruce EnglishSession 5: Specilised ProgramsNursing services in corrections health / John CarmodyMedication - uses and abuses / David BockmanPrison based sex offender treatment: an outline and issues / Jon EvansSession 6: Self Injurious Behaviour in CustodySome research findings of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody / David BilesA discussion of suicide prevention in Victorian prisons since 1980 / Stephen KerrSelf mutilation - the disease of the institutionalised / Bryan Todd.