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TX: Study finds major interruptions in antiretroviral therapy after release from prison

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston Study finds major interruptions in antiretroviral therapy after release from prison Feb 24, 2009 GALVESTON, Texas ? The vast majority of HIV-infected Texas prison inmates who receive antiretroviral therapy while incarcerated experience significant interruptions in HIV treatment after their release into the community. This disturbing finding is the result of a 4-year study of more than 2,000 inmates with HIV infection released from Texas Department of Criminal Justice prisons between January 2004 and December 2007. The study, led by University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston epidemiologist and associate professor Jacques Baillargeon, will appear in the Feb. 25 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on February 25, 2009 (boomark / email).