HIV in Prisons and Jails, 1993

• NCJ Number: 152765
• Author(s): Peter M. Brien, Bureau of Justice Statistics; Caroline Wolf Harlow, Ph.D., Bureau of Justice Statistics
• Date Published: August 1995
• Publication Series: HIV in Prisons and Jails
• Publication Type: Publication

Annotation

This BJS report describes prison and jail policies for testing inmates for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), numbers of prison and jail inmates infected with HIV, and numbers of inmate deaths from acquired-immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) in prisons and jails.

Abstract

This BJS report describes prison and jail policies for testing inmates for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), numbers of prison and jail inmates infected with HIV, and numbers of inmate deaths from acquired-immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) in prisons and jails. Special analyses show data from the 50 largest jail jurisdictions. Data sources include the 1992 and 1993 National Prisoner Statistics and the 1993 Census of Jails.