Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome - A Demographic Profile of New York State Inmate Mortalities 1981-1985

• NCJ Number: 102030
• Author(s): W Gaunay; R L Gido
• Date Published: 1986
• Length: 47 pages
• Corporate Author: New York State Cmssn of Correction
• Sale Source: New York State Cmssn of Correction; National Institute of Justice/; NCJRS Photocopy Services
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This report presents a demographic profile of 177 Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) inmate deaths reviewed by the New York State Commission of Corrections between 1981 and 1985, compares it to the U.S. population, and provides a disease profile of AIDS for all New York State correctional facilities.

Abstract

The typical AIDS death was a Hispanic or black, single, heterosexual male, 34 years of age, with a history of intravenous drug abuse prior to incarceration. He was born in the New York City area and most likely convicted of robbery, burglary, or drug-related offenses. He had spent an average of 21.7 months in the correctional system prior to death. The AIDS inmate was likely to have contracted Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia and died after an average hospital stay of 35 days. New York's policy on AIDS in the criminal justice system is appended. Tables, graphs, and 10 references.