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Imprisoned Women With HIV Turn Over New Leaf Thanks to Medical Team's Program
In George Street Journal, from Brown University
HIV Rates Remarkably High Among Female Inmates in Washington, D.C. (August 2, 2007)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
HIV JournalView: High HIV Rates Found in U.S. Prisons, Particularly Among Women (January 2006)
Part of David Wohl, M.D.'s review of the top 10 HIV research reports of 2005.
In HIV JournalView, from The Body PRO
HIV and AIDS Risk Behaviors Among Female Jail Detainees in Chicago: Implications for Public Health Policy (June 10, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Women in Prison Fact Sheet (PDF) (March 2002)
From Correctional Association of New York
Women, Injection Drug Use, and the Criminal Justice System (August 2001)
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From U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Death of Another Woman Prisoner (July/August 2001)
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
HIV and Incarcerated Women (July/August 2001)
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
Positive Women Prisoners Speak Out (July/August 2001)
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
Women Incest Survivors in Prison (July/August 2001)
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
Prison Letter From Sheila Washington (June 2001)
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
HIV Infection Among Incarcerated Women (May 2001)
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In HEPP News, from Brown Medical School
HIV-Infected Women and Mothers in Prison (May 2001)
A letter from the editor.
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In HEPP News, from Brown Medical School
Spotlight: HIV in the Lives of Women as Criminals and Women as Victims (May 2001)
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In HEPP News, from Brown Medical School
Phyllis Anderson (July 2000)
From drugs and prison to a career in HIV education, Phyllis' story is one of survival.
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
Women and HIV/AIDS in Prisons and Jails (PDF) (2000)
From National Minority AIDS Council
Dear Cathy -- Letters From Women Prisoners (Summer 1999)
In Women Alive Newsletter, from Women Alive
News Inside: A Column for Women Prisoners (Summer 1999)
In Women Alive Newsletter, from Women Alive
The Rocky Road Home (March 1999)
Women making the transition from prison to the community.
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
HIV/AIDS in Prison Project Threatened: Interview With Judy Greenspan, Director (February 6, 1998)
In AIDS Treatment News, from AIDS Treatment News
Challenges to Surviving HIV in Prison and Strategies for Advocacy and Service (May 7, 1997)
From National Library of Medicine
News Inside: A Column for Women Prisoners (Winter 1998/1999)
In Women Alive Newsletter, from Women Alive

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