HIV Testing & the Incarcerated

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District of Columbia: Amid City Epidemic, Barry Proposes Mandatory HIV Tests for Inmates (August 31, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Tennessee: Lawmaker Wants All Inmates to Be Tested for HIV (April 8, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Tenn. Lawmaker Proposes Bill That Would Require HIV Testing Among Prison Inmates Prior to Release (March 26, 2009)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
A Test for Prisons (March 19, 2009)
AIDS prison bill lacks informed consent; more needed for federal prisons.
In Housing Works AIDS Issues Update, from Housing Works
Georgia Senate Passes Bill Requiring HIV Testing Among Prison Inmates Prior to Release (March 12, 2009)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Four Out of Five Incoming Prison Inmates in North Carolina Tested for HIV Under New Program (December 17, 2008)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
You Will Be Tested (September 28, 2007)
Ignoring AIDS stigma, House passes prison HIV-testing bill without provision for written informed consent.
In Housing Works AIDS Issues Update, from Housing Works
Palm Beach County Jail Holds Health Fair and HIV Testing for Inmates (April 12, 2004)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Tacoma-Pierce County Proposes Mandatory Testing of Inmates (December 2001)
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In HEPP News, from Brown Medical School
HIV/AIDS Counseling and Testing in the Criminal Justice System (August 2001)
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From U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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