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| Should all new convicts get HIV tests? |
| By The American Statesman |
| Published: 08/24/2006 |
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HOUSTON, TX - For years, prison officials have asked all convicts coming into the state prison system to be tested for HIV. About 80 percent have consented. Now, a state senator wants to know whether they can make such tests mandatory. "It's a public safety issue," said Sen. Rodney Ellis, D-Houston. "We're very concerned about the rapidly increasing infection rates." Current prison system policy states that all incoming inmates "should be tested at intake," and under a proposed change to take effect next week, that would become "shall be tested" unless the inmates refuse. At the same time, mandatory testing is done at intake for tuberculosis and syphilis...Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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