While HIV rates have decreased significantly in both the community and in prisons in recent years, incarcerated people still account for a disproportionate rate of HIV infections. This disparity is especially pronounced for incarcerated women, whose HIV infection rate is 80 times higher than non-incarcerated women.
Justice reform charity interview with activist Sean Strub and lawyer Brook Kelly
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Mexico: National HIV agency backs repeal of HIV criminalisation offence
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US: Lawmakers divided as New York revisits HIV criminalisation
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