HIV and incarceration: dual epidemics.

摘要: As a result of changes in the epidemiology HIV epidemic and criminal justice policies over past 2 decades, infection United States has become concentrated prisons jails. The widespread incarceration persons with or at risk for important public health ramifications, including but not limited to intraprison spread virus. Incarceration, particularly large numbers men, can be socially disruptive , communities where is prevalent, facilitate infection. Interventions enhance identification infected inmates, prevention counseling, treatment inmates HIV/AIDS are required stem contribution