Article: HIV-positive state and federal prisoners decreased for a fifth consecutive year; More than one third of jail inmates reported a medical problem in a national survey.

M2 PRESSWIRE-20 November 2006-US DEPT OF JUSTICE: HIV-positive state and federal prisoners decreased for a fifth consecutive year; More than one third of jail inmates reported a medical problem in a national survey(C)1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD

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WASHINGTON - The numbers of both HIV-positive state and federal prisoners and AIDS-related prisoner deaths decreased for the fifth consecutive year, according to a new report by the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS). BJS released a separate report that showed an estimated 37 percent of county and municipal jail inmates reported having a current medical problem other than a ...

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