The Incarcerated & HIV/AIDS

Rusti began her HIV/AIDs advocacy in the early 1990s, as a peer educator in the prison where she herself was incarcerated. Now this mother, grandmother, wife and long-term survivor fights for incarcerated women's health from outside the walls.

Rusti's Blog: Advocacy Outside the Walls

General Articles

Optimizing HIV and Hepatitis C Continuum of Care Outcomes for Criminal Justice-Involved Populations (December 12, 2018)
From TheBodyPRO
To Understand Challenges Black Men With HIV Face on Re-Entry From Prisons, an Intersectional Approach Is Needed, Study Shows (August 28, 2018)
From TheBodyPRO
Despite Advances on the Outside, Life for Women With HIV in Prison Remains Risky (February 5, 2018)
From TheBody
This Week in HIV Research: The Yawning Post-Prison Care Gap (December 1, 2017)
From TheBodyPRO
Don't Leave People in Prisons or Jail Behind (November 1, 2017)
From AIDS United
We're Failing Our HIV-Positive Prisoners -- and, With Them, All African Americans (August 10, 2017)
From TheBody
AIDS Activist Brian Carmichael Reflects on Prison Health Care Then and Now (August 2, 2017)
From TheBody
'Out of Flames and Fear': How People With HIV Forced California to Reform HIV Care in Prisons (May 24, 2017)
From TheBody
Prison Release and Inequality Tied to HIV Prevalence in 12-City U.S. Study (November 19, 2016)
In IDWeek 2016, from TheBodyPRO
HIV and Mass Incarceration: How Black Lives Are Impacted (November 3, 2016)
From AIDS Foundation of Chicago

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