AIDS Conference Looks at Pretrial Detention as a Public Health Issue

The role of pretrial detention in spreading disease was the focus of two sessions at the XVII International AIDS Conference held in Mexico City in August.

Experts from the fields of human rights and public health—including staff from the Open Society Justice Initiative—examined the global over-use of pretrial detention as a threat to public health in two conference sessions: "HIV/AIDS in Prisons and Pretrial Detention Centers: A Public Health and Human Rights Disaster," and "Sentenced to HIV, HCV and TB? Prisons and Pretrial Detention Centers."

The appearance of pretrial detention on the agenda of the 20,000-person conference is an important milestone in the process of reforming and reducing the use of pretrial detention. Click on the icon at right for the Justice Initiative's conference presentation, "The Scale and Health Consequences of Pretrial Detention around the World."

Download the Open Society Justice Initiative's conference presentation, "The Scale and Health Consequences of Pretrial Detention around the World" at the bottom of the page.

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