South Carolina prisons end HIV segregation

[JURIST] The South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC) [official website] ended [press release, PDF] its policy of separating prisoners infected with HIV from the general population on Wednesday, making South Carolina the final US state to do so. The SCDC abolished the policy in an effort to revamp medical services and in consideration of a federal court order to end a similar policy in Alabama [JURIST report]. The SCDC has not determined a date for integration. There are currently 351...

Source: http://jurist.org/paperchase/2013/07/south-carolina-prisons-end-hiv-segregation.php

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