Female Prisoners, AIDS, and Peer Programs

​ ​This book highlights a neglected area in the field of rehabilitation offemale offenders with AIDS.  It provides data to show how women, workingas HIV peer educators in prison, utilize their peer experiences as a transition point for rehabilitation both inside and outside of the penitentiary. HIV and prison are inextricably linked and education has proved to be the one constant that mitigates the spread of both HIV and crime. Research on female inmates in general is not frequent and this