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AIDS: The Lost Voices

AIDS: The Lost Voices - Mountjoy & Arbour Hill Prisons 1/2 (Season 11, Episode 3)
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In 1986, Dublin's Mountjoy and Arbour Hill prisons opened separation wings for inmates diagnosed with AIDS, a policy prisoners likened to being "treated like lepers" that sparked a wave of desperate protests: dirty protests, prolonged sit ...See moreIn 1986, Dublin's Mountjoy and Arbour Hill prisons opened separation wings for inmates diagnosed with AIDS, a policy prisoners likened to being "treated like lepers" that sparked a wave of desperate protests: dirty protests, prolonged sit ins and rooftop demonstrations that only drew sustained media attention once visible, dramatic resistance began. Men and women confined to segregation described humiliating conditions, paper pillowcases and sheets, food served on paper plates, exclusion from work and education, and strict prohibitions on mixing with others, measures that compounded the isolation of illness and drove three men to escape while prompting public acts of defiance that forced the outside world to confront punitive, fear driven policies behind bars. The punishment for their crimes was a prison sentence, not an HIV/AIDS diagnosis, yet by standing up, using their voices and exercising their right to protest they exposed inadequate medical care, entrenched stigma and human rights abuses in the prison system. In doing so they became unwitting activists: their resistance helped secure improvements in conditions and access to treatment for incarcerated people living with HIV and warrants recognition in the history of AIDS not only for their offences but for the role they played in advancing dignity and humane care. See less
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Jan 24, 2026 (United Kingdom)

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