Thank you. Another thing that is of great concern and that witnesses will be discussing later is the prevalence of both HIV/AIDS and hepatitis C, and infectious diseases generally within the prison system. As an example, we know that some 30% of the prison population has hepatitis C and that HIV rates are actually ten times higher than in the average population.
Often what people don't think about is that given that 91% of inmates will eventually be released into society, this poses not only a health threat inside the prisons but a serious public health threat outside the prisons. So given the fact that we have witnesses coming here later on today to say that the rate of infectious disease is accelerating, not slowing down, what specifically are you doing to stop the spread of infectious diseases in our prisons?