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| Female inmates show high HIV rates |
| By Washington Post |
| Published: 08/02/2007 |
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WASHINGTON, DC - About 7 percent of 607 women screened for HIV at the D.C. jail in 2006 were found to be infected with the deadly virus, a rate nearly triple that of male inmates. The numbers were released recently by the D.C. Health Department as part of a summary of its half-year campaign encouraging District residents to get tested. Department of Corrections Director Devon Brown believes the figures offer an accurate portrait of the nearly 2,000 women processed annually at the jail. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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