Since 2000, as many as 104 people have been charged with an HIV-related crime in Maryland. The state’s HIV-related criminal laws are disproportionately enforced based on gender and race. Black people, and Black men in particular, are overrepresented in HIV-related crimes.
Black people make up 30% of Maryland’s population, 71% of people living with HIV, and 82% of HIV-related criminal cases. Black men comprise 14% of the state’s population and 44% of people living with HIV. However, they make up 68% of people accused in HIV-related criminal cases.
Racial distribution of state population, population of people living with HIV, and HIV-related criminal cases in Maryland
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