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"Guangdong to build special prisons for
HIV/AIDS inmates"
The
Star (www.thestar.com.my)
(15/11/05)
GUANGDONG Province will build at least two special prisons for HIV/AIDS
inmates within the next two years.
Relevant departments are currently selecting cities for the construction of
the two special prisons, according to sources from the Guangdong Provincial
Bureau of Justice.
“Currently, we have no further details regarding the special prisons,” said
an official from the bureau on Sunday.
The decision came after an increasing number of AIDS and HIV carriers were
reported in the province's prisons in recent years.
Many local deputies from the People's Congress and members of the Chinese
People's Political Consultative Conference have also urged government
departments to build the special prisons as soon as possible to handle the
province's increasing number of criminals with HIV/AIDS.
Statistics from the Guangdong Provincial Bureau of Justice revealed that the
province has reported about 1,000 AIDS and HIV virus carrier cases in
prisons.
Guangdong's first inmate with the AIDS virus was identified in May 2000.
Currently, 20 AIDS patients and 518 HIV carriers are serving their jail
terms in Guangdong's prisons. — China Daily
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