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HIV+ Detainee States Conditions Claim
Loaded on Oct. 15, 2000
published in Prison Legal News
October, 2000, page 21
A federal district court in Indiana held that an HIV positive detainee was entitled to a trial to resolve his claims over inhumane conditions of confinement and discrimination due to his HIV status.
Filed under:
HIV/AIDS,
Conditions of Confinement,
Totality of Conditions,
Water,
Sanitation,
Bedding,
Shelter,
Americans with Disabilities Act.
Location:
Indiana.
Edward Roop was arrested on a warrant after arguing with a police officer. Upon being booked into ...
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