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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US: New Jersey Assemblywoman introduces legislation to modernise the state's HIV-specific criminal law
Vainieri Huttle Introduces Bill to Decriminalize Transmission of HIV
May 7, 2021
[Update]US: Bill to decriminalise HIV transmission passes the Senate Executive Committee in Illinois
Senate committee advances bills on sex ed, decriminalizing HIV transmission
May 5, 2021
New Zealand: Man sentenced to three years and nine months in prison for removing condom without consent during sex
New Zealand’s first successful ‘stealthing’ prosecution leads the way for law changes in Australia and elsewhere
April 29, 2021
Russia: Bill proposing to abolish mandatory deportation of foreigners with HIV submitted for review
MP proposed to change legislation in favour of infected migrants
April 22, 2021
US: Bill proposed in Missouri removes HIV-specific language from state law and reflects more recent research
Changes to HIV laws moving in Missouri Legislature, but anti-discrimination win proves elusive
April 15, 2021
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