Few Men Found to Get HIV in Prison
The Washington Post reports here: Although male prisoners have a relatively high rate of HIV infection, very few of them acquire the virus while behind bars, according to a federal study that is the largest and longest one to look at the issue. About 90 percent of HIV-positive men in Georgia’s prison system — the nation’s fifth largest — were infected before they arrived, the study found. Over a 17-year period, 88 men became infected in prison by the virus that causes AIDS, chiefly through same-sex intercourse. Georgia prisons currently house about 45,000 men.