
Prison Found Liable for Inmate's HIV Infection, Ordered to Pay Compensation
A man named Zhao, who is serving a prison sentence in Jilin Province's Siping Prison, was found to be HIV-positive in 2011. The court ruled that Zhao contracted the virus while in prison and that the prison was at fault and should provide compensation. Zhao, who was sentenced to 20 years in prison for robbery and attempted murder in 2008, was transferred to Siping Prison in 2009. He had been paralyzed since 2001 due to a fall and required long-term medical treatment while in prison. Despite multiple negative HIV tests between 2008 and 2010, Zhao's condition changed in 2011, and he was diagnosed with HIV.
















