US: developments in the treatment of HIV-positive prisoners in two states.
Legal actions have been launched in Alabama and Mississippi to address living conditions and medical care of HIV-positive prisoners in state prisons. These were the only two states to allow complete segregation of HIV-positive prisoners in state prisons into the 1990s. The two cases highlight the ways in which the courts have been involved in supervising prison conditions in the United States.
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D000407:Alabama; D019380:Anti-HIV Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000517:prevention & control; D006266:Health Education / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods; D008922:Mississippi; D011329:Prisoners
D019380:Anti-HIV Agents