Improving HIV Treatment Outcomes During Incarceration

The epidemic of incarceration in the U.S., like the HIV epidemic, disproportionately affects blacks — particularly black men, who have more than a one in four chance of being incarcerated at some point in life. It is thus not surprising that one sixth of HIV-infected individuals cycle through correctional facilities annually and that HIV prevalence among inmates is threefold higher than in the community. HIV-infected prison inmates receive medical care, including antiretroviral therapy (ART), but what are the outcomes of such treatment?

To explore this question, investigators conducted a retrospective review involving individuals incarcerated in a Connecticut Department of Correction facility for ≥90 consecutive days between March 1, 2005, a…