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
News curated from other sources
“The evidence is overwhelming: criminalisation does not prevent HIV, it fuels it”
The scourge of LGBTQ criminalisation moving across African countries – and its impact on HIV
August 22, 2026
Russia: New rules require health services to report HIV among foreign nationals
Medical organisations required to report foreign nationals’ HIV infections to the Ministry of the Interior
August 19, 2026
Senegal: Harsh penalties for same-sex relations is severely disrupting HIV services
HIV care suffers under Senegal anti-gay law
August 9, 2026
The Anti-Rights Movement is Organised. Are We?
August 3, 2026
Mexico: Campaigners press Baja California to vote on HIV law reform
LGBTQ+ collective seeks progress in reform to eliminate crime that criminalizes people with HIV in Baja California
July 29, 2026
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