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| S.C. is unfair to prisoners who have HIV |
| By postandcourier.com - Megan McLemore |
| Published: 01/17/2013 |
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On the Friday before Christmas, a federal judge in Alabama ordered an end to 25 years of segregation of HIV-positive prisoners in state prisons. District Court Judge Myron Thompson ruled that segregating HIV-positive prisoners in separate housing with unequal program opportunities, inferior mental health care and fewer work options violated the Americans with Disabilities Act. This landmark decision leaves South Carolina the only state in the Union that segregates prisoners with HIV. It is high time South Carolina abandoned this unnecessary, harmful and discriminatory policy. The practice of segregating prisoners with HIV dates back to the 1980s, when AIDS was a fatal disease that was not well-understood. It may have been permissible in those days to protect the general population of prisoners from a contagious illness without cure. In 2013, however, HIV is no longer a mystery disease, and we now know that segregating prisoners is unnecessary and harmful. The current science of HIV and respect for human rights demands a different approach. Read More. |
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