HIV In Prisons

The spread of disease has slowly decreased over past generations due to education given to the general public about proper safety and health practices. Most disease are spread virally, blood borne, or through salvia. It is that estimated that 13.1% of the 12.7 million individuals who inject various drugs have human immunodeficiency virus (HIV); this estimation was made by the World Health Organisation, The United Nation office on drugs and crime, and the World Bank (Beg, Strathdee, & Kazatchkine, 2015). This statistically drastically increases while in prisons however, due to the limited options for drug supplies available for injection or other forms administration such as straight pipes or more commonly known as crack pipes. Statistically …show more content…
This creates a large concern as inmates may be inclined to quit their use but will as a result of their newly contracted disease be unable to resume a normal life again; Their lives will be changed due to now having to take medication to prevent their disease from worsening in effects or spreading as well will create other obstacles. Individuals with HIV will also face complications if they wish to have kids and it will also complicate their entire sex life in general as HIV can be spread through intercourse. Security officers also face health risks due to the dirty needles having to be hidden throughout the institution. If officers aren't alert and don't treat everyone as if they are infected and take the proper precautions the risk possible contamination. Creating officers to possibly have to face the same repercussions as other individuals who contract HIV. This spreading of the disease through the unsafe practice of sharing drug consumption supplies can be stopped by providing clean consumption supplies; however, it creates security issues to provide needles to inmates in which they can dispose of hide anywhere throughout the