Mass incarceration and the impact of prison release on HIV diagnoses in the US South.

BACKGROUND:The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of prison release on HIV incidence in the southern region of the United States, the region with the highest rates of both incarceration and new HIV diagnoses nationwide. METHODS:5-year HIV diagnoses rates were calculated at the ZIP cod...

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Main Authors: Bisola O Ojikutu, Sumeeta Srinivasan, Laura M Bogart, S V Subramanian, Kenneth H Mayer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5995372?pdf=render