- 103 b. general issues recommendations - steps to be taken to ensure that all newly-arrived prisoners are seen without delay by a fullyqualified nurse (paragraph 161); - the present policy of isolating HIV positive prisoners to be progressively abandoned and replaced by a policy for combatting transmissible diseases in general in prisons, based on the provision of full information on the modes of transmission and means of protection and the introduction of appropriate preventive measures (paragraph 163); - any signs of violence observed when a prisoner is medically screened on his admission to be fully recorded, together with any relevant statements by the prisoner, and this information to be made available to the prisoner. The same approach to be followed whenever a prisoner is medically examined following a violent episode in the prison (paragraph 169). comments - the smooth operation of a prison health-care service presupposes that doctors and nursing staff are able to meet regularly and to form a working team under the authority of a senior doctor in charge of the service (paragraph 158); - there is no medical justification for the isolation of an HIV positive prisoner (paragraph 163). requests for information - information on whether Act No. 1968/91 providing for incentives designed to attract medical and nursing staff to the prison service has achieved the desired effect, and on any other measures envisaged in this area (paragraph 149); - further information on the establishment of a Detoxification Centre and a penal institution of a medical nature for the treatment of drug addicts (paragraph 190); - information on the arrangements for providing care to mentally ill female prisoners (paragraph 191).