title: Pretrial detention: scale and   relevance to HIV/AIDS.
abstract: The overuse of pretrial detention worldwide has created conditions in detention facilities that expose large numbers of people to health risks, including the risk of contracting HIV. In this article, based on her presentation at a concurrent session at the conference, Denise Tomasini-Joshi describes the problems, and puts forward suggestions for how they can be addressed.
authors.forename: Denise
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tomasini-Joshi
mesh_terms: D015658:HIV Infections / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D011330:Prisons; D012307:Risk Factors