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Article • May 1, 2024 • from PLN May, 2024
Filed under: HIV/AIDS, Statistics/Trends
HIV and Incarcerated People: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney In June 2023, Prison Policy Initiative (PPI) reviewed data from the federal Bureau of Justice Statistics on HIV and people in America’s prisons, finding that infection rates for the virus—which has no cure—remain …
Article • August 15, 2023 • from PLN August, 2023
Filed under: HIV/AIDS
Prisoner Health Update: HIV by Eike Blohm, MD by Eike Blohm, MD Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is highly overrepresented among U.S. prisoners, along with other infectious illnesses such as MRSA, Hepatitis-C and tuberculosis. [See: PLN, Jan. 2023, p.38; Feb. 2023, p.52; and June 2023, p.41.] The high prevalence of HIV …
Publication • 2022
Protected and Served-2022 Community Survey of LGBTQ+ People and People Living With HIV's Experience With Criminal Legal System PROTECTED &SERVED 2022 Community Survey of LGBTQ+ People and People Living with HIV’s Experiences with the Criminal Legal System By Somjen Frazer, Richard Saenz, Andrew Aleman, and Laura Laderman Table of Contents …
Article • September 1, 2021 • from PLN September, 2021
Filed under: HIV/AIDS, Privacy Act
Fourth Circuit: No Privacy Expectation Exists for Prisoner in Diagnosis and Treatment of HIV by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals held that a prisoner does not have a “reasonable expectation of privacy” in his HIV status while in a prison medical unit. The …
Youngers v. MTC, NM, Complaint, Wrongful Death Trans Asylum Seeker, 2020 IN UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW MEXICO Joleen K. Youngers, as the Personal Representative of the Wrongful Death Estate of Roxsana Hernandez, ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) …
Article • June 5, 2019 • from PLN June, 2019
Study Shows Care for HIV-Positive Prisoners Poor after Release, Worse for Those Re-Incarcerated by Scott Grammer by Scott Grammer A study published by the Public Library of Science on October 18, 2018 found that prisoners with HIV tend not to retain their level of care after being released, and that …
Article • March 6, 2019 • from PLN March, 2019
$150,000 Settlement after Michigan DOC Discriminates Against HIV Positive Prisoner by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss John Dorn sued the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) for subjecting him to harsher disciplinary penalties than other prisoners simply because he was HIV positive.  Represented by attorneys Chris E. Davis and Mark A. …
Dorn v. Michigan Department of Corrections, et al., MI, settlement, retaliation against HIV prisoner, 2018 Case 1:15-cv-00359-PLM ECF No. 88 filed 11/06/18 PageID.486 Page 1 of 5 Case 1:15-cv-00359-PLM ECF No. 88 filed 11/06/18 PageID.487 Page 2 of 5 Case 1:15-cv-00359-PLM ECF No. 88 filed 11/06/18 PageID.488 Page 3 of …
Dorn v. Michigan Department of Corrections, MI, settlement, discrimination against prisoners with HIV, 2018 Case 1:15-cv-00359-PLM ECF No. 88 filed 11/06/18 PageID.486 Page 1 of 5 Case 1:15-cv-00359-PLM ECF No. 88 filed 11/06/18 PageID.487 Page 2 of 5 Case 1:15-cv-00359-PLM ECF No. 88 filed 11/06/18 PageID.488 Page 3 of 5 …
Article • October 12, 2018 • from PLN October, 2018
Filed under: Discrimination, HIV/AIDS
Louisiana Jail Settles with DOJ Over HIV Discrimination by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell The Union Parish Detention Center (UPDC) in Farmerville, Louisiana reached an agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) in March 2018 to stop discriminating against HIV-positive prisoners, plus the parish agreed to pay $27,500 to …
Publication • October 9, 2018
Filed under: HIV/AIDS, Health care
PLOS Medicine: Retention in HIV care during the 3 years following release from incarceration: A cohort study, 2018 RESEARCH ARTICLE Retention in HIV care during the 3 years following release from incarceration: A cohort study Kelsey B. Loeliger ID1,2, Jaimie P. Meyer ID1*, Mayur M. Desai ID3, Maria M. Ciarleglio …
Article • May 8, 2018 • from PLN May, 2018
Female Prisoners More Likely to be HIV Positive than Non-prisoners by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Data compiled by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), released in an August 2017 report, found that female prisoners are nine times more …
Article • October 10, 2017 • from PLN October, 2017
Filed under: HIV/AIDS, Failure to Treat
Louisiana Parish Jails Lack HIV Treatment and Services by HIV-positive prisoners in Louisiana jails are not provided medication and basic services, which endangers both their health and the communities they return to upon release. That was one of the findings of “Paying the Price: Failure to Deliver HIV Services in …
Article • July 28, 2017 • from PLN August, 2017
Nevada DOC Moves to End Discrimination against HIV-positive and Disabled Prisoners by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On June 20, 2016, Rebecca Bond, chief of the Disability Rights Section of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), sent the Nevada Attorney General a letter calling out the state’s Department of Corrections …
Rats, bugs and ‘natural’ deaths at nation’s largest women’s prison by Julie K. Brown by Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald Yvonne McBride was a physically healthy 26-year-old woman when she entered Lowell Correctional Institution for women June 20, 2013. The Florida Department of Corrections noted in its exam of McBride …
Marshall v. Wexford, IL, Settlement, Medical Neglect, 2017 RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS AND INDEMNITY AGREEMENT The undersigned, Aaron Marsh.all (hereinafter "Plaintiff" or "Claimant'') being of lawful age, for the sole consideration of $425,000.00 and N0/1 00s (Four-Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars), receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, does hereby and :fur …
Publication • 2017
American Friends Service Committee - Drug Sentencing in Arizona A Prescription for Failure, 2017 Drug Sentencing in Arizona: A Prescription for Failure Written by: Rebecca Fealk, MPA Caroline Isaacs, MSW American Friends Service Committee – Arizona August 2017 Written by: Rebecca Fealk, MPA Caroline Isaacs, MSW American Friends Service Committee …
Americans Are Still Being Imprisoned For Being HIV Positive by By Sydney Lupkin, VICE There has never been a documented case in which HIV was transmitted via saliva. But Willie Campbell, who is HIV positive, has been behind bars for nearly a decade and is serving a 35-year sentence for spitting at a Dallas police officer. According to the …
Seventh Circuit Reinstates Illinois Jail Prisoner’s Failure-to-Protect Suit by In a September 16, 2015 ruling, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that a district court had improperly dismissed an Illinois jail prisoner’s failure-to-protect lawsuit based on his refusal to sign a medical release form. Mario Reyes was a pretrial …
Corizon Sued Over Death of Prisoner in St. Louis Jail by Matthew Clarke The St. Louis Lawyer's Group is helping the family of a man who died five days after arriving at the St. Louis Justice Center sue the jail's private medical services provider, Corizon. The suit alleges denial of …
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