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This Brief presents preliminary findings from research in three prisons in Maharashtra, India on experiences of prison inmates there living with HIV. The study explores health care services in these prisons, and problems experienced by inmates in India living with HIV, as well as their staff and caregivers. Through this preliminary study, the researchers shed light on the experiences of inmates in Indian prisons, with an aim of presenting questions for future research. The author provides an overview of the global conditions of prison inmates living with HIV, as an international comparative context for examining the cases in India. Major problems highlighted in the cases include: living conditions, high risk behavior during incarceration, delivery of medical services and adherence to ethical guidelines. Results of the study reveal that overcrowding and inadequate nutrition were major concerns for inmates living with HIV; there were no support systems available inside the prisons to address the stress related issues of the inmates; and, the prison hospital did not have provisions to cater to the treatment needs of inmates living with AIDS. The study also found that confidentiality regarding the HIV positive status could not be maintained inside the prison. This Brief presents a window into the experience of inmates in India, and presents questions for future research to understand and improve living conditions and medical service delivery within the prison system. This work will be of interest to researchers in criminology and criminal justice, particularly interested in incarceration or health issues, public health and related areas such as public policy, international studies, and demography studies in India.
A graphic exposé of the inhumane treatment of HIV-positive inmates in U.S. prisons
This book offers a unique examination of how violence is situationally induced and reproduced for those inmates living with HIV in a US State prison system. Imprisonment is the only space where Americans have a constitutional right to healthcare but findings from this research suggest that accessing this care and associated welfare benefits requires some degree of violence. This book documents how HIV-positive inmates went about achieving agency through harm to their bodies and social standing to improve their health and wellbeing, in prison and upon re-entry to the community. It focusses on ethnographic research which was carried out in seven penal facilities in New England and comprises of accounts from inmates, prison staff, healthcare providers, ex-offenders, and community social workers. This book speaks to academics interested in prisons, violence, health, and ethnographic research, and to policy makers.
This report focuses on the practice of segregating prisoners who are HIV-positive from the rest of the prison population in Alabama, South Carolina and Mississippi. When prisoners with HIV are segregated, they are forced to forfeit many of their rights, while at the same time they are subject to an atmosphere of prejudice, stigma and hostility from staff and other prisoners. Prisoners in the HIV units are forced to wear armbands or other indicators of their HIV status, are forced to eat and even worship separately, and are denied equal participation in prison jobs, programs, and re-entry opportunities that facilitate their transition back into society. Taken together, these conditions constitute inhuman and degrading treatment in violation of international law. After reviewing the findings of this report, Mississippi agreed to end its long-standing policy of segregation. Now, only in two states, Alabama and South Carolina, do prison officials systematically isolate, marginalize and exclude this population without medical justification.
This book is intended to inform federal inmates who are infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or are living with AIDS. It provides information and advice related to feelings and emotions, disclosure of the condition, how HIV and AIDS affect the body, doctors and treatment, living on the outside, food and nutrition, financial help, disability and insurance, legal help, and planning ahead (powers of attorney, wills, funerals). The final section contains a directory of telephone numbers of AIDS/HIV organizations that can provide help.