Resources for Prisoners with Medical Concerns
By Kathleen
Created Sep 30 2002 - 8:23pm
Note: many information resources are web based—not much help for prisoners. This information was current when posted to the web in Spring 2005. If you’re a prisoner, ask a friend or family member to print information off the internet for you. If you’re on the outside, check out some of this web information, print it out, and send it inside.
Hepatitis C Awareness Project & National Hepatitis C in Prison Coalition
P.O. Box 41803
Eugene, OR 97404
541-607-5725
HIV & Hepatitis Education Prison Project Brown University
Box G-B4
Providence, RI 02912
401-277-3651
www.hivcorrections.org [1]
monthly newsletter available
HCV Prison Support Project
P.O. Box 41803
Eugene, OR 97404
Phone: (541) 607-5725
www.hcvinprison.org [2]
U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
1-888-4HEPCDC (443-7232)
www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/hepatitis/index.htm [3]
Hepatitis C info line
National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse
www.niddk.nih.gov/health/digest/digest.htm [4]
Stop Prisoner Rape
www.spr.org [5]
Positively Aware: Inmate’s Resource Guide
www.thebody.com/tpan/julaug_01/resource_guide.html [6]
HIV in Prison Committee (HIP)
California Prison Focus
2940 16th St., #307
San Francisco, CA 94103
www.prisons.org/hivin.htm [7]
Latino Commission on AIDS, Alliance for Inmates with AIDS
80 Fifth Ave., Suite 1501
New York, NY 10455
212-675-3288
Understanding Prison Health Care
http://movementbuilding.org/prisonhealth/ [8]
great website on prison health and medical issues
Free Publications for HIV Positive Prisoners:
WORLD (for HIV+ women)
P.O. Box 11535
Oakland, CA 94611
POZ
P.O. Box 1279
Old Chelsea Station
New York, NY 10113
Positively Aware and Positively Aware en Español
1258 W. Belmont Ave.
Chicago, IL 60657
www.tpan.com
A Guide on the Inside: Women Talking to Women About HIV
HIV Health Library
131 Clarendon St.
Boston, MA 01226
Free brochure, information is good for men as well
Links:
[1] http://www.hivcorrections.org
[2] http://www.hcvinprison.org
[3] http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/hepatitis/index.htm
[4] http://http://www.niddk.nih.gov/index.htm
[5] http://www.spr.org
[6] http://www.thebody.com/tpan/julaug_01/resource_guide.html
[7] http://www.prisons.org/hivin.htm
[8] http://movementbuilding.org/prisonhealth/