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Article • August 15, 1992 • from PLN August, 1992
Virginia Sets Guidelines for Terminally-Ill Prisoners by Virginia Sets Guidelines For Terminally-Ill Prisoners The state of Virginia has released a policy to handle requests by terminally-ill prisoners for early release. The policy was developed in response to a request by Alex Velazquez, a prisoner at Powhatan Correctional Center, to be …
Article • July 15, 1992 • from PLN July, 1992
Filed under: Medical, HIV/AIDS, Dental Care
Prison Dentist Sues to Hide AIDS by A dentist who has treated patients at the Metropolitan Corrections Center, Chicago's federal prison, recently filed a lawsuit trying to prevent the Bureau of Prisons from disclosing the fact that he has AIDS to anyone except in medically justified cases. In what lawyers …
Article • March 15, 1992 • from PLN March, 1992
Prisoner Must Be Informed of HIV Status by Prisoner Must Be Informed Of HIV Status Tyrone McIlwain was a Virginia prisoner who overdosed on heroin and was taken to the Prince William hospital emergency room for treatment. Without his knowledge or consent, blood tests were performed which revealed he was …
Article • January 15, 1992 • from PLN January, 1992
Canadian Officials May End Ban on Sex Between Prison Inmates by Rod Mikleburgh Canadian Officials May End Ban On Sex Between Prison Inmates by Rod Mickleburgh Toronto Globe and Mail TORONTO - Canadian federal corrections officials are considering an end to the ban on sex between prisoners, in light of …
Article • January 15, 1992 • from PLN January, 1992
HIV-Positive Cons Win Partial Victory by In a significant victory for prisoners who have been tested positive for the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), the virus that causes AIDS, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit reversed a lower court order in a case that had challenged the prisoners' …
Article • November 15, 1991 • from PLN November, 1991
Sheriff Can't Release AIDS Test Results by Sheriff Can't Release Aids Test Results While awaiting transfer from a county jail to an Alabama prison, a convicted prisoner was given the opportunity to voluntarily submit to an AIDS test. he did so, but only after being assured by the county health …
Article • October 15, 1991 • from PLN October, 1991
Filed under: Medical, HIV/AIDS
AIDS In Prison: The New Death Row by Heather Rhoads By Heather Rhoads [Note: The following article originally appeared in the September 1991 issue of The Progressive magazine. It was edited for length by Ed Mead.] Prison AIDS wards are being called the new death row. A 1987 study by …
Article • June 15, 1991 • from PLN June, 1991
Filed under: Medical, HIV/AIDS
Prisoner With AIDS Care Found Lacking by The national commission on AIDS has concluded a study of AIDS in prisons and jails with the finding that "the situation today for many prisoners living with [the AIDS] disease is nothing if not 'cruel and unusual.'" After visiting prisons, holding a fact-finding …
Mere "Institutional Security" Claim Not Enough by Mere "Institutional Security" Claim Not Enough A former prisoner of the Nevada State Prison brought a federal civil rights complaint against guards claiming that his fourth, eighth and fourteenth amendment rights were violated. He contended the violation occurred when guards forced him to …
Article • June 15, 1991 • from PLN June, 1991
New Report Cites Higher Rates of HIV Infection Among Inmates by The virus that causes AIDS may be more common among prison and jail inmates, especially women, than previously thought, according to a new study based on testing of nearly 11,000 inmates entering 10 prisons and jails between mid-1988 and …
Article • March 15, 1991 • from PLN March, 1991
Disclosure of AIDS Condition Violates Right to Privacy by Disclosure Of AIDS Condition Violates Right To Privacy The federal district court in New Jersey ruled that disclosure of a person's medical condition, especially exposure to or infection with HIV (the virus suspected of causing AIDS), is disclosure of a "personal …
Article • June 15, 1990 • from PLN June, 1990
Prisoner AIDS Support Network by Prisoner Aids Support Network The Prisoner AIDS Support Network is already in contact with the inside and outside prisoner AIDS activists in Canada and the U.S. Experience is knowing that fighting homophobia and institutionally induced ignorance through peer education programs inside can make a difference …
Article • June 15, 1990 • from PLN June, 1990
Newsletter for Prisoners with AIDS by Newsletter For Prisoners With Aids The Prisoners with AIDS -- Rights Advocacy Group (PWA-RAG) was founded by prisoners in May of 1988. The PWA-RAG newsletter is published by Jim Magner and Larry Snyder both prisoners at the federal medical center in Springfield, MO. PWA-RAG …
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Filed under: Medical, HIV/AIDS
Uc Berkeley Hiv Report Re Blacks in Prison, 2005 The Effects of Male Incarceration Dynamics on AIDS Infection Rates among African-American Women and Men Rucker C. Johnson Goldman School of Public Policy University of California, Berkeley Tel: (510) 643-0169 E-mail: ruckerj@berkeley.edu Steven Raphael Goldman School of Public Policy University of …
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Filed under: Medical, HIV/AIDS
Baker v Campbell Al Experts Report Medical Conditions 2004 Exhibit A BAKER v. CAMPBELL Agreement of Experts January 21, 2004 DEFINITIONS: • Serious medical need “Serious medical need” is defined as a valid health condition that, without timely medical intervention, will cause (1) unnecessary pain, or (2) measurable deterioration in …
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Filed under: Medical, HIV/AIDS
California Prison Focus- Out of Line, Hep-c Treatment in Ca Doc, 2005 OUT OF LINE: Hepatitis C Treatment Protocols in the California Department of Corrections California Prison Focus 2940 16th Street #B-5 San Francisco, CA 94103 www.prisons.org March 9, 2005 CONTENTS Executive Summary…………………………………………………………………...1 I. Background on HCV………………………………………………………………..2 II. CDC Protocols …
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Hiv and Hep C Rates Among Canadian Prisoners Report 2007 Research Prevalence of HIV and hepatitis C virus infections among inmates of Quebec provincial prisons Céline Poulin MSc, Michel Alary MD PhD, Gilles Lambert MD, Gaston Godin PhD, Suzanne Landry MA, Hélène Gagnon MA, Éric Demers MSc, Elena Morarescu MD …
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Niaid Symposium Re Hepatitis C 1998 A "State-of-the-Art" Conference Hepatitis C: A Meeting Ground for the Generalist and the Specialist Information regarding pathogenesis and appropriate management of chronic hepatitis C continues to evolve. Educational campaigns continue to increase public awareness about hepatitis C. Clinicians must be prepared to address questions …
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Filed under: Medical, HIV/AIDS
Ucla School of Law Research Paper Brunsden a Hepatitis C in Prison 2006 UCLA School of Law Public Law & Legal Theory Research Paper Series Research Paper No. 07-02 HEPATITIS C IN PRISONS: EVOLVING TOWARD DECENCY THROUGH ADEQUATE MEDICAL CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH REFORM by ANDREW C. BRUNSDEN This paper …
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Doc Services Ny Memorandom Hepatitisc Care Guidelines 2005 Revised
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