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| Segregation no more: Judge is right to force state to amend its policy on HIV-positive inmates |
| By annistonstar.com |
| Published: 12/26/2012 |
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Alabama’s overcrowded and under-funded prison system is awash in needs. One alteration won’t bring the state’s prisons into system-wide conformance. Yet, a decision last Friday by Judge Myron H. Thompson of the Middle District of Alabama is a firm step in the right direction. Thompson ruled in favor an inmate-filed lawsuit and ordered the state to stop segregating HIV-positive prisoners from the general population. We applaud that decision. Only two states — Alabama and South Carolina — house inmates with HIV in separate quarters. More important, the introduction of powerful antiretroviral drugs has reduced the risk of transmission of HIV through general contact. As such, most states stopped segregating their HIV-positive inmates years ago, The New York Times reported. Read More. |
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