EXHIBIT 2.
HIV Testing Procedures In State Prison Systems
| Responding systems
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| Number of systems | Percent of systems | Percent of inmates affected | |
| TESTING ACTIVITIES | |||
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| All facilities provide testing under certain circumstances | 38 | 88 | 89 |
| All facilities test routinely | 25 | 58 | 66 |
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| TESTING POLICIES | |||
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| Testing is mandatory for all inmates | 16 | 37 | 34 |
| Routine testing is offered as opt-out | 8 | 19 | 16 |
| Routine testing is offered as opt-in | 9 | 21 | 34 |
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| TIMING OF ROUTINE TESTING | |||
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| At intake only | 24 | 56 | 59 |
| At release only | 0 | 0 | —a |
| At intake and release | 8 | 19 | 24 |
| By clinical order only | 0 | 0 | —a |
| At intake, release, and points during incarceration | 0 | 0 | —a |
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| BEST PRACTICES | |||
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| Conforms to best practices in testingb | 6 | 14 | 13 |
SOURCE Authors’ analysis of findings from a survey of medical directors of state prison systems.
NOTE Forty-three of the fifty directors responded to the survey.
a
Not applicable, as no prisons reported this policy.
b
Best practices are having routine testing in all facilities, allowing for opt-out testing, and testing at intake at least (see Note 13 in text).