HIV Disease in Correctional Facilities Report of the National Commission on AIDS

Report on the Aug. 1990 site visit and hearing by the Nat. Comm. on AIDS to identify and understand the issues which face Fed., state and local correctional facilities, in their mgmt. of detainees and prisoners living with HIV disease. Chapters: prevalence of AIDS and HIV infection in prisons; access to care; TB in prisons; inmate access to clinical trials; substance use and HIV disease; educ. and prevention strategies; screening and test.; housing and segregation; incarcerated women; adolescents in custody; discharge, transfer and early release; role of community based org¹s.; a model response; and recommend. Also includes a 22-page report: ³The Twin Epidemics of Substance Use and HIV² (July 1991).Leonard, Barry is the author of 'HIV Disease in Correctional Facilities Report of the National Commission on AIDS' with ISBN 9780788183232 and ISBN 0788183230.