Incarceration-related Characteristics of 88 Male Inmates (Seroconverters*) in Whom HIV Infection Was Diagnosed During Their Incarceration, Georgia State Prison System, United States, 1988–2005.

*A seroconverter is an inmate with ≥1 negative HIV test result followed by a confirmed positive HIV test result during his current incarceration.†A definite facility of infection is one in which a seroconverter had a negative HIV test result followed by a confirmed positive result during the same stay at that facility; a probable facility of infection is one of two possible facilities where a seroconverter may have become infected based on his HIV testing history.‡Violent offenses include aggravated assault, armed robbery, attempted armed robbery, kidnapping, murder, robbery, vehicular homicide, voluntary manslaughter, and the sexual offenses of aggravated child molestation, aggravated sodomy, child molestation, rape, and statutory rape.§Nonviolent offenses include attempted burglary, burglary, conspiracy, motor vehicle theft, and selling or dealing of narcotics.∥Prison release dates for inmates eligible for parole correspond to their tentative parole month and year; actual prison release dates are used for former inmates who had been released, had died, or were on parole as of January 31, 2007; inmates serving a life sentence were assigned a sentence duration of 50 years.