An unprecedented number of Americans have been incarcerated in the past generation. In
addition, arrests are concentrated in low-income, predominantly nonwhite communities …

Collaborations among HIV clinicians, criminal justice personnel, and public health
practitioners represent an important strategy for turning the tide on the HIV epidemic …

Persons involved with the criminal justice system are at risk for HIV and other transmissible
diseases due to substance use and related risk behaviors. Incarceration provides a public …

Policy Points: The steady increase in incarceration is related to the quality and functioning of
the health care system. US states that incarcerate a larger number of people show declines …

Prison populations are disproportionally affected by communicable diseases when
compared with the general community because of a complex mix of socioeconomic …

Early diagnosis of HIV and effective antiretroviral treatment are key elements in efforts to
reduce the morbidity and mortality associated with HIV. Incarcerated populations are …

Jails provide an underutilized public health opportunity for screening for HIV, sexually
transmitted infections (STIs), and viral hepatitis, and for such other infectious diseases as …

Introduction Despite recommendations for generation-based HCV and once lifetime HIV
screening, thousands of individuals in the US still remain untested and undiagnosed. This …

There were nearly 12 million admissions to US jails in 2011, the majority of them Black or
Hispanic. We analyzed data on men's health screenings from the last Bureau of Justice …

US prisons have a court-affirmed mandate to provide health care to prisoners. Given this
mandate, we sought to determine whether use of prison health care was equitable across …