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About 20% of prisoner recruits have HIV.

The number has declined for 23 consecutive years.

HIV, hepatitis C and drug use are more prevalent in prisons. Plus: Watch a harm reduction success story in Moldova’s prison system. [VIDEO]

Russian soldiers with HIV and hepatitis C must wear colored bracelets identifying their status; about 20% of prisoner recruits have HIV.

The number of people with HIV in prisons has declined for 23 straight years, found a DOJ report that also looked at HIV testing in prisons.

The couple, who helped launch the ACT UP Los Angeles Oral history Project and fought for women’s issues, died within hours of each other.

WHO offers the best ways to prevent, diagnose and treat HIV, hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections for five key populations.

HIV criminalization experts convened attorneys and stakeholders to propose public health guidelines.

There is no easy way to navigate life when you have mental health issues and complex traumas in your past.

This includes New York inmates who are older, sick, pregnant or have serious respiratory conditions or compromised immune systems.

One bill would create 1,000 new residency positions for physicians going into addiction treatment medicine.

Released 25 years early, Michael Johnson made national headlines for a trial that raised issues of racism, homophobia and HIV disclosure.

However, the former college wrestler in Missouri won’t be released until October 2019.

Monthly injections of extended-release naltrexone is linked to viral suppression among this population.

About 17,000 inmates were known to have HIV in 2015, down from a high of nearly 26,000 in 1998.

Bans against convicted drug felons receiving food stamps or cash assistance may send women into prostitution, raising their risk of contractin...