Nevada ending discrimination of prison inmates with HIV

RENO, Nev. (AP) - Nevada's Department of Corrections is changing a series of policies and practices that the U.S. Justice Department says illegally discriminate against prison inmates with HIV by housing them separately and denying access to work assignments that can speed their release.

The Justice Department concluded last month the state was violating inmates' civil rights under the policies based largely on outdated and unfounded fears about the transmission of the virus that causes AIDS.

Nevada ending discrimination of prison inmates with HIV