Inmate’s Resource Guide
American Civil Liberties
Union (ACLU), National Prison Project
733 15th St., NW,
Suite 620
Washington, DC 20005
Tel: 1-202-393-4930
www.aclu.org
E-mail: jwalker@npp-aclu.org
Referrals to city and state
programs across the country. Resource center, including free
copies of “Play It Safer,” a booklet on STDs (sexually transmitted
diseases), and HIV/AIDS magazines. Works with correctional
support groups and peer education programs. Quarterly subscription
rate to the NPP Journal is $2 for inmates.
The Fortune Society
53 W. 23rd St., 8th
Floor
New York, NY 10011
Tel: 1-212-206-7070
www.fortunesociety.org
Although not HIV-specific,
the highly-readable newsletter Fortune News presents
a wide range of articles of interest to inmates. Many articles
written by current and former prisoners. Free for inmates.
HIV/AIDS Treatment Information
Service (ATIS)
P.O. Box 6303
Rockville, MD 20849
Tollfree: 1-800-448-0440
www.hivatis.org
Free literature, including
U.S. guidelines on HIV treatment from the Department of Health
and Human Services (DHHS).
HIV in Prison Committee
(HIP)
California Prison
Focus
2940 16th Street, #307
San Francisco, CA 94103
Tel: 1-510-665-1935 (voicemail and fax)
www.prisons.org/hivin.htm
E-mail: hipcomm@excite.com
Activist group organizing
to make medications and harm reduction tools (such as condoms
and syringes) available, end prison discrimination, advocate
for compassionate release, and provide education for interested
persons and organizations.
Latino Commission on
AIDS, Alliance for Inmates with AIDS
80 Fifth Ave., Suite
1501
New York, NY 10455
Tel: 1-212-675-3288
Legal and medical advocacy,
peer education and support. Referrals. Accepts collect calls
from inmates.
National Hepatitis C
Prison Coalition
P.O. Box 41803
Eugene, OR 97404
Tel: 541-607-5725
Fax: 541-607-5684
www.hcvprisonnews.org
E-mail: hepcaware@aol.com
Brings together organizations
and individuals to support and raise awareness among prisoners
suffering from hepatitis and HIV/HCV co-infection. Offers
seminars and support groups inside and outside of correctional
facilities. Free newsletter and hepatitis C info packets for
prisoners.
New York City Commission
on Human Rights, HIV Prison Project
40 Rector St., 10th Floor
New York, NY 10006
Tel: 1-212-306-7544
Advocates for the rights
of city and state prisoners, parolees, ex-offenders, and their
families. Responds to a wide range of medical complaints due
to AIDS-related discrimination within the criminal justice
system. Distributes free brochures related to AIDS discrimination
in Spanish and English. Accepts collect calls from inmates
Monday–Friday, 9 am–5 pm; call 1-212-233-5560.
Osborne Association,
AIDS in Prison Project
809 Westchester Ave.
Bronx, NY 10455
Tel: 1-718-842-0500
Conducts research and makes
policy recommendations regarding positive inmates and persons
on parole. Operates HIV/AIDS clearinghouse, bilingual hotline
and inmate support groups. Staff and peer counselors provide
HIV prevention and treatment information and discharge planning.
Inmate hotline accepts collect calls Tuesdays, Wednesdays
and Thursdays from 3 pm–8 pm; call 1-718-378-7022.
Prison Book Program
110 Arlington
Boston, MA 02116
Tel: 1-617-423-3298
Sends donated legal, health,
educational and political books free to prisoners nationwide.
Spanish-language books available. Provides help in starting
Books for Prisoners projects.
Project Inform’s National
HIV/AIDS Treatment Hotline
Tollfree: 1-866-HIV-INFO
(448-4636)
Accepts collect calls from
inmates: 1-415-558-9051. Can also mail out materials. Operates
Monday–Friday, 9 am–5 pm and Saturday 11 am–4 pm, California
time.
For healthcare providers
AIDS Training and Education
Center (ATEC)
Tel: 1-301-443-6365
www.aids-ed.org
Coordinated by the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Health Resources
and Services Administration (HRSA). Training for all healthcare
providers, including correctional staff. Check for nearest
training center.
Albany Medical Center
Tel: 1-518-262-4674
www.amc.edu/patient/HIV/hivconf.htm
Management of HIV/AIDS in
the Correctional Setting: A Live Satellite Videoconference
Series.
HIV Education Prison Project
(HEPP)
Brown University Medical
School
Providence, RI 02906
Tel: 1-401-863-2181
Fax: 863-1243
Tollfree: 1-800-748-4336
www.hivcorrections.org
E-mail: HEPP@corrections.net
Excellent monthly treatment
newsletter, HEPP News, via fax or e-mail. CME credit
available.
HIV Telephone Consulting
Service
Community Provider AIDS
Training
Tollfree: 1-800-933-3413
Answers questions from health
care providers.
For service providers
National Minority AIDS
Council (NMAC)
1931 13th St., NW
Washington, DC 20009
Tel: 1-202-483-6622
www.nmac.org
HIV and Corrections program
produces a newsletter, brochures and regularly updated resource
list.
Medical Management of
HIV
by Drs. John G. Bartlett
and Joel E. Gallant
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Corrections edition
is no longer available in print, but the comprehensive chapter
on correctional health care is available online at http://hopkins-aids.edu.
It includes detailed suggestions for telementoring and telemedicine.
Publications for people
living with HIV/AIDS provided free to positive inmates
A Guide on the Inside:
Women talking to Women About HIV.
HIV Health Library
131 Clarendon St.
Boston, MA 01226
AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts
Tel: 1-617-450-1432
Free brochure. Information
is good for men, as well.
Positively Aware
and Positively Aware en Español
1258 W. Belmont Ave.
Chicago, IL 60657
www.tpan.com
E-mail: posaware@aol.com
POZ
500 Fifth Avenue, Suite 320
New York, NY 10110-0303
Call: 212-242-2163
WORLD (for women)
P.O. Box 11535
Oakland, CA 94611
Excellent monthly newsletter
with personal stories and easy-to-understand medical information.
If you are not a woman living with HIV, please send a donation.
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