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16 Hous. J. Health L. & Pol'y 1 (2016)
Sex, Drugs, & HIV: Mass Incarceration's Hidden Problem

handle is hein.journals/hhpol16 and id is 15 raw text is: 16 Hous. J. Health L. & Policy Copyright © 2016 Michele Goodwin, Naomi Duke, and Jaime Allgood Houston Journal of Health Law & Policy SEX, DRUGS, & HIV: MASS INCARCERATION'S HIDDEN PROBLEM Michele Goodwin,* Naomi Duke, M.D.,** and Jaime Allgood*** Abstract: The United States' corrections system represents a significant source of HIV/ AIDS risk that disproportionately impacts populations of color, as these populations experience disproportionately high rates of incarceration in the U.S. This Essay looks to the escalation of mass incarceration as a root cause for the dramatic and chilling rise in HIV/AIDS in the African American community. It emphasizes that AIDS is the leading cause of death among African American women between the ages of twenty-five and thirty-four, scrutinizes the link between incarceration and HIV prevalence among African Americans, and ultimately argues that mass incarceration is a vital transmission link to civilian contraction of HIV in African American communities. This Essay is the first of two by the Authors that address this problem. * Chancellor's Professor of Law and Founding Director, Center for Biotechnology & Global Health Policy. © Michele Goodwin. ** M.D., M.P.H., Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Health, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota. * Ph.D. Candidate, University of California, Irvine and Senior Fellow, Center for Biotechnology & Global Health Policy.

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