BOP Program Statement 5214.04 § 1

and orderly environment within its institutions, the Bureau of

Prisons may place in controlled housing status an inmate who

tests HIV positive when there is reliable evidence that the

inmate may engage in conduct posing a health risk to another

person.]

This Program Statement establishes procedures to follow when an

inmate who has tested positive for the Human Immunodeficiency

Virus (HIV) indicates by actions or words that he or she is

likely to engage in, or continue to engage in, conduct that poses

a significant threat to transmit the virus to another person.

Specifically, individuals who pose such a concern are to be

considered for placement in a controlled housing status.

If selected for this placement, the inmate is afforded, to the

extent practicable, the privileges afforded to the general

population, except that the opportunity to socialize with others

is limited and closely supervised. The inmate's status is

reviewed regularly, and he or she may be returned to a general

population when the perceived danger is alleviated.

The HIV is transmitted primarily through two very specific

routes:

P blood-to-blood contact (e.g., shared needles) and

P sexual fluids to blood contact (sexual practices involving

passage of fluids).

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PS 5214.04

2/4/98

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To help control the risk and spread of HIV, the Bureau provides

HIV education programs for inmates, as well as HIV counseling to

any inmate who tests HIV-positive.

When, despite such education and counseling, a person engages in

or shows a disposition to engage in high-risk behavior, it is

necessary to act immediately to remove that person from the

general inmate population.