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).