2004 is shaping up as the year of prison reform in Swaziland, and AIDS is the catalyst. "It would be wrong to suggest that prisons are inhumane in Swaziland, but there is much room for improvement to make them safe from HIV infection, inmate abuse and other ills that are more or less endemic to African prisons," said an officer with the Correctional Services, which administers the kingdom's prison system. This person spoke on condition of anonymity.