HIV/AIDS in Custody:

 Advocacy for Prevention, Care and Treatment

In Correctional Settings and on Reentry

When: Wednesday, January 10, 2007; 6-8 p.m.

Where: New York City Bar Association, 42 West 44 th Street.

Three committees of the New York City Bar Association – Committee on AIDS, Committee on Corrections, and the Committee on Mental Health Law – have brought their resources to bear on a societal concern very much in the news today. The panelists, all leading representatives in their field, will provide an update on the legal and policy issues concerning HIV prevention and care in prisons and jails. The discussion will also cover advocacy strategies to improve HIV-related services for people in detention and during reentry into society.

Moderator

REBECCA SCHLEIFER, Researcher, HIV/AIDS and Human Rights Program, Human Rights Watch.

Speakers

ROBERT COHEN, M.D., Federal Monitor for prison health care in New York, Connecticut and Michigan;

ANITA MARTON, Vice President, Legal Action Center;

ROMEO SANCHEZ, Deputy Director, New York City AIDS Housing Network;

MILTON ZELERMYER, Staff Attorney, Prisoners Rights Project, The Legal Aid Society.

News Reporters

Members of the media are invited to attend and are asked to register with Association press coordinator Matt Kovary at (212) 382-6713, or by e-mail at mkovary@nycbar.org

About the Association
The New York City Bar Association (www.nycbar.org) was founded in 1870, and since then has been dedicated to maintaining the high ethical standards of the profession, promoting reform of the law, and providing service to the profession and the public. The Association continues to work for political, legal and social reform, while implementing innovative means to help the disadvantaged. Protecting the public’s welfare remains one of the Association’s highest priorities.

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