est of us as well – may not quite believe that prisoners deserve such services (such "second chances"), which sets up a significant problem. Many people want to see prisoners suffer. They do not believe that confinement is enough. And the current social conditions in prison help in this effort as a variety of reasons (primarily new drug laws) push the prison population ever higher until prisoners are like rats in a very crowded maze.
We cannot understand why AIDS rates are as high as they are until we understand the best way to run a prison – including the medical services that are offered to prisoners until we come to an understanding of what it is that we think that prisons are for. This is a question that touches on real-world issues such as crime, obviously, but it is also an issue that is based in a sense of personal morality and values – and this latter is probably more important than the former.
Setting Goals: Zero Tolerance for HIV Transmission
If prisons are constructed so that prisoners are likely to get AIDS
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