AIDS: THE LOST VOICES
California’s Medical Facility in Vacaville was long known for poor care of inmates with HIV/AIDS. In 1992 Brian Patrick Carmichael — then HIV‑negative — organized Pastoral Care Services after seeing friends die undignified deaths. With inmates including Charles Perry, Laos Schuman and Peter Yvanovich, and over 100 others, he led vigils, medication protests and hunger strikes, alerting press and officials. Their activism exposed systemic neglect and pushed for humane treatment of incarcerated people with HIV/AIDS.
AIDS The Lost Voices
in 1996 a woman on remand, ‘Jane’ — not convicted, with no previous offences — was held in the AIDS ward at St Mary’s Hospital, London, chained to a guard round the clock; her chain was wrapped in a jacket at night to stop it from rattling and keeping her awake. Press coverage and photographs provoked national outrage and became a scandal for the then Conservative government.