Abstract

Objective This study is an overview of the most current state of the US prison system relative to incarcerated women focusing specifically on the risks of HIV and opportunistic diseases that affect women s health and lacking concerted interest in understanding and addressing women s specific needs by policy-makers and managers of our prison facilities Methodology Conducted by an interdisciplinary team of socio-behavioral scientists in epidemiology social work policy and education the study relies on the most updated research data provided by federal and state government agencies hospital registries biomedical public health and socio-behavioral databases relevant and peer-reviewed research studies published in journals and other accepted information sources using a comparative national and global approach to the subject of female prisoners and the impact of infectious diseases