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| Trial begins on isolation of HIV-positive inmates |
| By heraldonline.com - BOB JOHNSON — Associated Press |
| Published: 09/26/2012 |
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama prisons continue to isolate inmates who have tested positive for HIV even though the virus is no longer the death sentence it once was considered, an attorney for HIV-positive prison inmates said Monday. ACLU attorney Margaret Winter asked U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson Monday to end a longstanding Alabama prisons policy of isolating inmates who have tested positive for HIV. Thompson is hearing testimony in a trial of a lawsuit brought by HIV-positive inmates challenging the Alabama prisons policy of keeping HIV-positive inmates separate from the remainder of the prison population. Alabama and South Carolina are the only states that continue to do so. Attorney Bill Lunsford, representing Alabama prisons, said the HIV-positive prisoners are kept together in dormitories at Limestone Correctional Facility in north Alabama and at Tutwiler Prison for Women in Wetumpka. But he said the inmates can participate in most of the programs available to other inmates. Lunsford and Winter made the remarks in opening statements in a trial of a federal lawsuit challenging the Alabama prisons' HIV policy. The trial is expected to last about a month. Read More. |
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I dont think that it is consitutional right to seperate due to medical condition.Reason being is that being seperated would pose a treat for high level of depression which could be fatal .Its unfortunate that some of us have been careless in our life,we still deserve to be accepted regardless unless we pose a treat to self or others we as prisoners should be treated equally.from Debra Dove