Number of U.S. state and federal prisoners with HIV from 1991 to 2015
This statistic displays the number of prisoners with HIV in state and federal prisons from 1991 to 2015. According to the data, there were 1,536 prisoners in federal prisons with HIV and 15,610 people with HIV in state prisons 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. AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) occurs in people infected with HIV when they have not received treatment.