U.S. state and federal prisoners that had HIV from 2010 to 2015, by gender

This statistic displays the number of prisoners in U.S. state and federal correctional facilities that had HIV from 2010 to 2015, by gender. According to the report, in 2015 there were 15,920 males living in the U.S. correctional system with HIV. Comparatively, 1,220 female prisoners had HIV in 2015. HIV is a treatable viral infection that causes immunodeficiency. HIV is spread human-to-human through blood, semen, vaginal fluids or breast milk of an infected individual.