Many of these individuals pass through these facilities only briefly before returning to the community. Rev. Jesse Jackson joined public health officials and correctional experts at the Chicago meeting to create the first-ever guidelines for HIV care in prisons. The importance of linking health care and disease prevention in correctional facilities and to other communities is essential.
Detainees come from the community and they return to it.
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