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

'Out of Flames and Fear': How People With HIV Forced California to Reform HIV Care in Prisons (May 24, 2017)
From TheBody.com
Prison Release and Inequality Tied to HIV Prevalence in 12-City U.S. Study (November 19, 2016)
In IDWeek 2016, from TheBodyPRO.com
HIV and Mass Incarceration: How Black Lives Are Impacted (November 3, 2016)
From AIDS Foundation of Chicago
High Rates of Imprisonment Affect African-American Community's HIV Rates (October 11, 2016)
From TheBody.com
Stigma in the Situation (September 1, 2016)
From AIDS Foundation of Chicago
HIV Advocates Turn to Parole Reform, Seeking Release of Aging Prisoners (July 12, 2016)
From TheBody.com
'Death Came Every Week': How Prisoners Overcame Early HIV/AIDS Stigma Through Community Education (July 12, 2016)
From TheBody.com
New Report on Transgender People in the Criminal Justice System (May 25, 2016)
New report is a welcome addition to the growing body of work on the experiences of queer people in this country's criminal justice system.
From The Center for HIV Law and Policy
'We Don't Have to Wait for Other People to Treat Us Better': Taking the Sting Out of Stigma in Prison (April 25, 2016)
In Turn It Up!, from The SERO Project
I Am Reaching Out and Asking for Help (December 23, 2015)
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