From Yahoo News/Reuters:
VIENNA (Reuters) - HIV spread through drug abuse is rampant in overcrowded prisons across the world, posing a health risk to society when infected inmates are released, the head of the U.N. drugs and crimes agency said on Thursday.
If prisons are a reflection of society as a whole "we are seeing a disaster around the world," Antonio Maria Costa said, highlighting substandard prisons as one of the major concerns of the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
There are around 30 million people under detention at any given time, the UNODC said, and the spread of HIV through drug abuse in prisons is a severe problem.
Costa warned of a time-bomb when large numbers of infected inmates are released.
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