Risk Reduction Policies to Reduce HIV in Prisons: Ethical and Legal Considerations and Needs for Integrated Approaches

J Law Med Ethics. 2023;51(2):366-381. doi: 10.1017/jme.2023.86. Epub 2023 Sep 1.

Abstract

The United States has the fastest growing prison population in the world, and elevated incarceration rates, substance use, and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevalence are fueling each other. Yet without a national guideline mandated for HIV care within the prison system, standards for state and federal prisons vary greatly.

Keywords: HIV/AIDS; Mandatory Screening; Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PREP); Prison Health Care System & Human Rights; Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI).

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • HIV Infections* / epidemiology
  • HIV Infections* / prevention & control
  • Humans
  • Policy
  • Prisons*
  • Risk Reduction Behavior