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.
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US: Enforcement of HIV crimes in Tennessee disproportionately affects women and Black people
150 people on Tennessee’s sex offender registry for HIV-related conviction
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US: New study from the Williams Institute analyses data on HIV criminalization in Tennessee
Enforcement of HIV Criminalization in Tennessee
June 29, 2022

Uganda: Final arguments in landmark case challenging HIV criminalisation law to be made within a week
Uganda Constitutional Court gives activists seven days to file final arguments in HIV criminalization suit
June 8, 2022

Uganda: Legal Environment Assessment recommends changes to the penal code to address HIV and sex work criminalisation, stigma, discrimination and gender-based violence
Ugandan Laws Constraining Fight against HIV/AIDS – Report
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US: Indiana to undertake a review of its criminal code for laws concerning HIV
Laws criminalizing HIV to be reviewed by legislative interim study committee
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