title: HIV in the epicenter of the epicenter: HIV and drug use among criminal justice populations in New York City, 1980-2007.
abstract: During the 1990s, some of the highest rates of HIV infection in the United States were found among inmates in the New York City jail and prisons systems. This article traces the history of drug use and HIV infection among populations incarcerated in New York City jails and New York State prisons between 1980 and 2007. It describes and analyzes the policies and programs that were initiated to respond to these epidemics and assesses the lessons learned from almost three decades of experience with HIV among populations in New York's correctional facilities.
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, Hunter College, City University of New York, New York, New York 10010, USA. nfreuden@hunter.cuny.edu
authors.forename: Nicholas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Freudenberg
mesh_terms: D057237:Criminals / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D058872:Epidemics; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D009519:New York City / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D011329:Prisoners / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011330:Prisons; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous / Q000453:epidemiology*