NCJ Number
158020
Date Published
March 1996
Length
8 pages
Publication Series
Annotation
Data from State and Federal corrections agencies revealed that at the end of 1994, 2.3 percent of the 999,693 State and Federal prison inmates were known to be infected with HIV.
Abstract
State and federal prisons reported holding 22,713 inmates who were HIV positive in 1994. The inmates were 2.3% of the total prison population, about the same percentage as in 1991. Among state prisoners, women (3.9%) were more likely than men (2.4%) to be HIV positive. Almost 5,000 inmates, 1/2 of 1% of all prisoners, had confirmed AIDS at yearend 1994; this rate was seven times that of the general population. For each state and the federal prison system, the report provides the number of HIV-positive and active AIDS inmates, the number of AIDS-related deaths, and HIV-testing policies.
Date Published: March 1, 1996
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