Incidence of AIDS Among Juveniles in Corrections and Detention Facilities

• NCJ Number: 116852
• Date Published: 1988
• Length: 5 pages
• Sponsoring Agency: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)
• Corporate Author: American Correctional Association
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/; NCJRS Photocopy Services
• Publication Type: Survey
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: Study carried out by the American Correctional Association

Annotation

This study reports the results of a survey to detect the incidence of AIDS among juveniles and to determine how juvenile corrections and detention administrators are dealing with issues related to juvenile AIDS infection.

Abstract

Survey questionnaires were sent to 51 corrections agencies and 41 detention facilities, and as of December 1987, 50 corrections institutions and 29 detention facilities has responded. Issues surveyed include whether the agencies and facilities had AIDS policies and procedures in place and whether staff and juvenile inmates received AIDS related training. Corrections agencies reported a total of 29 HIV positive juveniles and the detention facilities reported a total of 17 HIV positive juveniles. Criteria for testing and confidentiality procedures were also surveyed. The report lists the concerns expressed by corrections and detention administrators regarding the testing and care of HIV positive juveniles.