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International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology
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Whose Problem Is It Anyway? Women Prisoners and HIV/AIDS

Barbara H. Zaitzow

Department of Political Science and Criminal Justice, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina 28608, USA

One of the pressing public health concerns facing correctional systems today is HIV/AIDS. Although no segment of the incarcerated population is immune to this infection, an alarming number of female inmates have been shown to test positive for HIV at higher rates than male inmates. As women in prison have different treatment needs and problems than their male counterparts, the impact of such inmates on correctional health care services represents a potentially critical issue confronting correctional managers and correctional health service administrators. This article highlights the need for the corrections community to address the special needs of female inmates infected with the HIV/AIDS virus and to acknowledge the impact of HIV/AIDS on all imprisoned women in the United States.

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, Vol. 45, No. 6, 673-690 (2001)
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X01456004
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