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Document Type: Charts, Tables, and Graphs  
Date: 2012-May  
Summary: The following chart compares the sentencing schemes for representative HIV exposure, non-disclosure, and/or transmission laws in the United States with laws punishing ...
 
Document Type: Letters and Other Advocacy Documents  
Date: 2011-April-4  
Summary: On April 4, 2011, the Center for HIV Law and Policy submitted these comments on the Department of Justice's (DOJ) proposed standards for the prevention, detection, and ...
 
Document Type: White Papers and Reports  
Date: 2010-December-8  
Summary: This is the  first legal report and guide on the rights of youth in detention and foster care facilities to comprehensive sexual health care, including sexual medical ...
 
Document Type: Training Materials, Slides, Pamphlets  
Date: 2006-December-21  
Summary: This slide presentation for the Nov 29-30, 2006 Summit on Opportunities for Improving HIV Diagnosis, Prevention, & Access to Care in the U.S. addresses areas of ...
 
Document Type: White Papers and Reports  
Date: 2007-June-07  
Summary: The Center for HIV Law and Policys (CHLP) legal and policy outline for advocating for sexual health and HIV prevention programming for youth in state custody. Youth in the ...
 
Document Type: Guides (Legal or Medical)  
Date: 2006-February-16  
Summary: Prepared by the U.S. Department of Justice in September 2005, and updated in February 2006, this guide provides a basic overview of federal laws that offer ...
 
Document Type: Compilations of Laws and Cases  
Date: 2002  
Summary: This circuit-by-circuit compilation provides citations and holdings for federal cases concerning access to and quality of medical treatment in prisons. The compilation ...
 
Document Type: Court and Agency Decisions and Orders (including case law)  
Date: 2010-June-07  
Summary: In this decision, a federal district court judge (the trial judge) denied the Federal Bureau of Prison's (FBOP) motion to dismiss the complaint of a transgender prisoner, ...
 
Document Type: Court and Agency Decisions and Orders (including case law)  
Date: 2011  
Summary: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit upheld the district court's order to Massachusetts officials at the state's Treatment Center for Sexually Dangerous ...
 
Document Type: Pleadings and Briefs  
Date: 2003-June-25  
Summary: This is an amended class action complaint, filed in New Jersey, seeking monetary and injunctive relief for all state prisoners with hepatitis C who were denied diagnostic ...
 
Document Type: White Papers and Reports  
Date: 2007-December  
Summary: This report describes the failure of the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to provide basic health care ...
 
Document Type: Letters and Other Advocacy Documents  
Date: 2008-May-29  
Summary: In response to a CDC request for comments, 35 organizations endorsed these comments submitted to CDC regarding its draft guidance for implementing HIV testing expansion in ...
 
Document Type: Letters and Other Advocacy Documents  
Date: 2005-July-10  
Summary: Responding to the May 2005 draft report of the New York City Commission on HIV/AIDS, the Center for HIV Law and Policy drafted comments on behalf of SMART, Inc ...
 
Document Type: Letters and Other Advocacy Documents  
Date: 2010-May-10  
Summary: On May 10, 2010, the Center for HIV Law and Policy submitted these comments on the Department of Justice's (DOJ) proposed standards for the prevention, detection, and ...
 
Document Type: Letters and Other Advocacy Documents  
Date: 2008-October  
Summary: Since the beginning of the epidemic, people with HIV and their advocates have been calling on the President of the United States to take ...
 
Document Type: Research and Journal Articles  
Date: 2000  
Summary: This policy brief publishes the findings of studies undertaken by the federal HIV/AIDS Bureau to understand the factors that affect access to care and ability to remain in ...
 
Document Type: Research and Journal Articles  
Date: 2004  
Summary: This article discusses the development of the law surrounding whether a prisoner has a right under the Eight Amendment to HIV testing. Currently, twenty states require ...
 
Document Type: Court and Agency Decisions and Orders (including case law)  
Date: 2000-September-11  
Summary: In this opinion, the Third Circuit holds that prison inmates have a constitutionally protected right to privacy regarding the confidentiality of their medical conditions, ...
 
Document Type: Court and Agency Decisions and Orders (including case law)  
Date: 1994  
Summary: This opinion—which should be read with the cautions set forth below—concerns inmates' right to receive HIV testing and their right to confidentiality with ...
 
Document Type: White Papers and Reports  
Date: 2007  
Summary: This paper, jointly authored by the WHO, UNAIDS, and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, discusses the reality of life in correctional settings and asserts that distribution ...
 
Document Type: Guides (Legal or Medical)  
Date: 2010-November-17  
Summary: The Center for HIV Law and Policy has released the first comprehensive analysis of HIV-specific criminal laws and prosecutions in the United States. The publication, ...
 
Document Type: White Papers and Reports  
Date: 2012  
Summary: This report provides a comprehensive overview of the issue of HIV in the United States correctional system from a human rights and social justice perspective. Covered ...
 
Document Type: Court and Agency Decisions and Orders (including case law)  
Date: 2012  
Summary: A United States District Court judge held that the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) HIV segregation policy, which categorically segregates HIV-positive prisoners ...
 
Document Type: White Papers and Reports  
Date: 2009  
Summary: This report examines the experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) youth in juvenile courts nationwide. Despite the fact that LGBT youth comprise a ...
 
Document Type: Research and Journal Articles  
Date: 2010  
Summary: This article presents information about the HIV-positive prison population in the United States, and suggests solutions to increase diagnosis, prevent intra-prison ...
 
Document Type: Letters and Other Advocacy Documents  
Date: 2009-January  
Summary: These documents set forth recommendations for the incoming Obama administration to address the domestic HIV epidemic. They were drafted by CHLP and other national, state ...
 
Document Type: Research and Journal Articles  
Date: 2011  
Summary: This article examines the link between incarceration and STI and HIV risk by looking at sexual networks in Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY. In the study population, any length of ...
 
Document Type: International Commitments and United Nations Documents  
Date: 1976-March-23  
Summary: The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (the “ICCPR”) represents one-third of what is informally referred to as the “International Bill ...
 
Document Type: International Commitments and United Nations Documents  
Date: 2006  
Summary: A revised and consolidated version of the original guidelines published in 1996, the purpose of the Guidelines is “to assist States in creating a positive, ...
 
Document Type: White Papers and Reports  
Date: 2001  
Summary: This report chronicles the experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered (LGBT) youth in the New York juvenile justice system. It discusses the ...
 
Document Type: Model and Sample Legislation  
Date: 2007-January  
Summary: Sponsored by Representative Barbara Lee of California, the JUSTICE Act is an example of legislation that seeks to prevent the spread of HIV and other STIs in correctional ...
 
Document Type: Guides (Legal or Medical)  
Date: 2007-November  
Summary: This legal guide to the 1996 Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) outlines the obstacles the Act can pose to prisoners seeking to file federal lawsuits, and strategies to ...
 
Document Type: White Papers and Reports  
Date: 2008-August  
Summary: This timely report sets forth the severity of the HIV/AIDS epidemic among African Americans and the failure of the United States government to respond to this crisis. The ...
 
Document Type: Letters and Other Advocacy Documents  
Date: 2012-March  
Summary: The 30 for 30 Campaign, of which the Center for HIV Law and Policy is a member organization, drafted this letter to President Obama to declare that human rights be ...
 
Document Type: Letters and Other Advocacy Documents  
Date: 2011-June-8  
Summary: This letter, drafted by Lambda Legal on behalf of a wide-ranging coalition including CHLP, provides support to civil rights complaints filed by the National Immigrant ...
 
Document Type: Letters and Other Advocacy Documents  
Date: 2011-November  
Summary: Leading HIV organizations in the U.S. sent a letter to President Obama today about the speech he will deliver on World AIDS Day, December 1st. The 2011 World AIDS Day ...
 
Document Type: Research and Journal Articles  
Date: 2001-June-01  
Summary: In this article, a long-time expert on HIV in corrections and a vice-president at government and business consulting firm Abt Associates elaborates on what he considers ...
 
Document Type: White Papers and Reports  
Date: 2013  
Summary: This report provides a review of the literature on the overlapping epidemics of mass incarceration and HIV/AIDS concentrated among poor communities of color, and the role ...
 
Document Type: Letters and Other Advocacy Documents  
Date: 2012-April  
Summary: This Model Policy, designed for use by agencies and jurisdictions that provide services for youth in state custody, outlines the basic minimum requirements for sexual ...
 
Document Type: Letters and Other Advocacy Documents  
Date: 2012-April  
Summary: This Model Policy, designed for use by agencies and jurisdictions that provide services for youth in state custody, outlines the basic minimum requirements of a sexual ...
 
Document Type: Letters and Other Advocacy Documents  
Date: 2012-April  
Summary: This Model Policy, designed for use by agencies and jurisdictions that provide services for youth in state custody, outlines the basic requirements for ensuring staff ...
 
Document Type: Court and Agency Decisions and Orders (including case law)  
Date: 2002  
Summary: In this opinion, the Third Circuit recognizes that a prison’s failure to provide treatment to an HIV-positive inmate can violate the inmate’s Eighth Amendment ...
 
Document Type: Executive Orders, Reports, and Directives  
Date: 2010-July-13  
Summary: On July 13, 2010, the Obama administration released the National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS) for the United States. The NHAS is the culmination of work and advocacy by people ...
 
Document Type: Executive Orders, Reports, and Directives  
Date: 2010-July-13  
Summary: The National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS) Implementation Plan sets short term Federal benchmarks as well as longer-term mandates for multiple federal agencies responsible for ...
 
Document Type: Executive Orders, Reports, and Directives  
Date: 2010-July-13  
Summary: The President's Memorandum on the National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS) summarizes the responsibilities of individual Federal agencies in outlining a strategy to meet the ...
 
Document Type: White Papers and Reports  
Date: 2009-June  
Summary: The National Prison Rape Elimination Commission (NPREC) Report details the results of six years of investigation of sexual abuse in detention facilities for adults, youth, ...
 
Document Type: Court and Agency Decisions and Orders (including case law)  
Date: 1998-June-15  
Summary: In Yeskey, the Supreme Court unanimously held that Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, which prohibits a “public entity” from discriminating ...
 
Document Type: Court and Agency Decisions and Orders (including case law)  
Date: 1999-April-2  
Summary: In this opinion, the Second Circuit recognizes that a correction officer's disclosure of an inmate's HIV status and transgender status may violate the inmate's ...
 
Document Type: Directories  
Date: 2009-September  
Summary: This list, updated in September 2009, provides the names and contact information of organizations that advocate for prisoners' rights. It also provides the names and ...
 
Document Type: Directories  
Date: 2008  
Summary: This directory, last updated in 2007, provides a guide to organizations in each state that work on prisoners' rights issues.
 
Document Type: Compilations of Laws and Cases  
Date: 2007-March-26  
Summary: This compilation provides synopses for five federal court decisions concerning prisons' failure to provide adequate care specific to the needs of transgender prisoners. ...
 
Document Type: Court and Agency Decisions and Orders (including case law)  
Date: 2010  
Summary: This is an order by the United States District Court – Eastern District of Wisconsin granting in part and denying in part two defendants' motion for summary ...
 
Document Type: White Papers and Reports  
Date: 2010-April-14  
Summary: The American Civil Liberties Union National Prison Project (ACLU-NPP) and Human Rights Watch have published a report on the continued segregation of HIV positive prisoners ...
 
Document Type: Research and Journal Articles  
Date: 2007-January-11  
Summary: This New England Journal of Medicine article examines many of the facts, perceptions, and proposed solutions to the HIV epidemic--and the behaviors and policies that drive ...
 
Document Type: White Papers and Reports  
Date: 2011  
Summary: The purpose of this descriptive study was to identify and document promising practices for the prevention and response to sexual assault in juvenile residential facilities ...
 
Document Type: White Papers and Reports  
Date: 2010-January-7  
Summary: The U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) report on sexual abuse of youth in juvenile corrections facilities confirms that sexually abuse occurs ...
 
Document Type: Fact Sheet  
Date: 2013-March  
Summary: Every year people with HIV are the subject of felony criminal charges ranging from aggravated assault to intentional HIV transmission following police encounters in which ...
 
Document Type: Statutes, Regulations, and Agency Guidelines  
Date: 2001-May-23  
Summary: This SSA manual excerpt discusses the appropriate methods of providing SSI underpayments to prisoners, alternative methods for paying underpayments while the prisoner is ...
 
Document Type: Court and Agency Decisions and Orders (including case law)  
Date: 2005-July-28  
Summary: An HIV-positive inmate sued prison officials for the negligent disclosure of his HIV status. Finding that the disclosure violated New York Public Health Law § 2782, ...
 
Document Type: Testimony Before Legislative and Administrative Bodies  
Date: 2006-June  
Summary: In his testimony before the National Prison Rape Elimination Commission, Dr. Robert Bidwell discusses the shortcomings of youth detention centers in protecting LGBT teens ...
 
Document Type: White Papers and Reports  
Date: 2012-June  
Summary: This report asserts that drug law enforcement practices prevent drug users from taking advantage of public health services and effectively increase their vulnerability to ...
 
Document Type: White Papers and Reports  
Date: 2011-November  
Summary: This report by Positive Justice Project member NASTAD provides a summary of health departments' relationships with state departments of corrections (DOC) regarding ...
 
Document Type: Court and Agency Decisions and Orders (including case law)  
Date: 2004-August-05  
Summary: To ensure that the New York City Department of Corrections (DOC) fulfills its obligations under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the U.S. Attorney's Office ...
 
Document Type: Pleadings and Briefs  
Date: 2009-June  
Summary: In this brief, the Center for HIV Law and Policy, National Advocates for Pregnant women, and other amici argue that a federal judge in the District of Maine improperly ...
 
Document Type: Court and Agency Decisions and Orders (including case law)  
Date: 1988-June-27  
Summary: The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin held that there is a constitutional right to privacy in one’s medical records and that this right is ...
 
Document Type: Court and Agency Decisions and Orders (including case law)  
Date: 1982  
Summary: In this landmark decision, the Supreme Court held that individuals committed to state institutions have a substantive right under the 14th amendment to be free from ...