祝福2013.02.18鋼筆+毛筆彩繪

Blessings   2013.02.18 Fountain Pen and Brush Colored Drawing The public’s fears and stereotypes surrounding AIDS and HIV means that, for carriers, discrimination is a fact of life. These conditions are no different in the closed environment of prison. Furthermore, however hard one tries to educate health center staff, and inmates on the realities of AIDS it is incredibly difficult to change people’s perceptions. When on duty in H-wing at this time, inmates were getting along well. I found this place to be one full of warmth, and during the New Year’s celebrations we made paper cranes and small sky lanterns. People wrote down their hopes and wishes for the year to come. Some stated their desire for early parole, while many others wished their fellow inmates ‘good health’

社會大眾對AIDS的刻板印象及恐懼使得HIV帶原者被歧視其實是普遍的事實，在監獄這樣封閉的環境自然也不例外，衛生科即便對職員或收容人的AIDS衛教再怎麼用心，仍難改變人們既有的觀感⋯
在H專區值勤這陣子和他們相處，我發現這裡是人情味很濃的地方，新春佈置時大家折了紙鶴和小天燈，吊上新年新希望的小牌子，除了寫給自己的「早日假釋出獄」之外，還有許多是為獄友祈求的「健康」⋯⋯