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Table 3 HIV testing by prisoner type: prisoners who self-reported having been tested for HIV while incarcerated at six Zambian prisons, September 2009-February 2010

From: Imprisoned and imperiled: access to HIV and TB prevention and treatment, and denial of human rights, in Zambian prisons

 

Lusaka Central

Mukobeko

Kamfinsa

Mumbwa

Mwembeshi

Choma

Overall (six prisons)

Overall (%)

54

86

72

23

48

33

57

By age (%)

       

   Adults (19 years and older)

54

89

74

20

48

42

59

Males

68

89

71

21

48

50

62

Females

33

N/A

82

0

N/A

20

45

   Juveniles (8-18 years)

57

67

0

100

N/A

13

44

By classification (%)

       

   Convicts

53

90

92

33

48

44

65

   Remandees

62

70

57

0

N/A

20

46

   Immigration detainees

38

N/A

0

N/A

N/A

0

21