do we need to increase HIV prevention in prison?
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OCCD
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I believe in MANDATORY, COMPULSORY testing! |
Morgen
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I’m a freelance writer working on a story about the policy of New York prisons not to distribute condoms to inmates. I’m looking for doctors, prison staff, inmates and their families to comment on the health consequences of these policies. Voices from other states are welcome. I can be reached at mep375@nyu.edu. (339) 987-1297 or (212) 419-7754 Morgen Peck www.scienceline.org |
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sauer800
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all officers should be made aware of an inmates hiv status as well as any other bad disease. who cares about hippa. i dont want to bring nothing home. |
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ajas_150
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Each person that is in a correctional facility, inmates and employees, should all be checked regularly for any diseases. I know that with homosexuality in prison it would be hard to control the spread of HIV/AIDS. But, yearly tests should be performed just to know who has a disease so that employees know who that are at risk with. |
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Kasi
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A big proportion of those in prison are infected with infectious diseases, such as TB, hepatitis and HIV/AIDS. Prison administrations have a responsibility to those who come into prison, prisoners especially, but also staff and visitors, to ensure that they are not exposed to danger of infection. A failure to manage these situations will mean that they become community health problems as a result of contact between the prison and wider society, through staff and visitors, and as a result of the final release of the prisoners. Therefore prisons must provide proper screening and counseling of such inmates and Prison staff. The most important arrangement is that of segregating the infected inmates to avoid further spread of the communicable diseases. furthermore a law also needs to be enacted which allows the inmates of either sex to have a conjugal meeting with their spouses, once in three months- in a separate accommodation- within the prison premises and for three consecutive days. |
| Yes I think it should be increased, but how is that possible for the males and homo's in prison when one of HIV forms is through heterosexual sex? | |
| Here we go again with the 'silly' questions. How in world can anyone prevent H.I.V. Aids, from getting into any of the Correctional Facilities, between the existing Homosexual Inmates and Drug Users. The solution might be to isolate them in Prison Medical unit, and keep them seperated from Correctional Staff and the Inmate population as whole. There is too many Inmates that been been exposed and 'not' going to get better. Its a diffcult problem, but your real 'serious' problem is 'T.B'. Now that the foolish Senate and the so-call President is allowing (12) million Illegals to stay in america. One must think how many from a very poor and drug invested country, such as 'Mexico' ,have brought this terrible diease with them. How many have Criminal records or never got caught. There has be proper screening process of 'H.I.V' & other terrible disease's. Our President and the Senate are selling out the country, real cheap. Its ashame and a disgrace that we can't solve the problems of 'Crime'. | |
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