NCJ Number
129530
Date Published
1991
Length
43 pages
Annotation
This report presents the findings and recommendations of the National Commission on AIDS regarding issues pertaining to prisoners with HIV disease. It enumerates the problems in areas of health care, human rights and confidentiality, and education and prevention.
Abstract
The findings focus on the prevalence and incidence of HIV infection, access to care, incidence of tuberculosis infection, and those at risk for contracting tuberculosis in prisons. Inmate access to clinical trials, substance use, and HIV disease are also examined as well as education and prevention strategies, HIV screening and testing, and housing and segregation of persons with HIV infection. Special attention is given to incarcerated women, adolescents, and children in custody. Discharge, transfer, and early release present problems for prisoners re-entering communities with little or no added knowledge about HIV disease or how to prevent it. The role of community-based organizations in providing support services to the correctional community is examined. Based on moral, legal, and health principles, the National Commission on AIDS presents a model response to AIDS in correctional facilities that covers medical care, identification, information and education, management, release, and the role of public health authorities. In addition to these model guidelines, specific recommendations are provided. 36 references