Ninth European Conference on Drugs and Infections Prevention in Prison

Organized by the European Network on Drugs and Infections Prevention in Prison (ENDIPP), the theme of this year's conference is "From the Principle of Equivalence to the Practice of Care: Bridging the Gap." The conference aims to:

• promote the notion of prisons as part of the wider community and highlight the positive contributions each can make to the other;
• exchange and review information and good practice in the field;
• promote cooperation among different professions, disciplines, interests, and countries;
• continue to exploit the opportunities for cooperation provided by EU enlargement;
• consolidate learning from experience in related fields;
• identify issues for further discussion, review, and research in the field;
• promote pragmatic, realistic, effective, and cost-saving interventions with problematic drug users in the criminal justice system.