"Those inmates held for a property offense in local jails reported the highest HIV positive rate (1.8% ) (table 10). Drug offenders reported a slightly lower rate (1.6%). The percentage of public-order offenders who were HIV positive was 1.1%; the percentage of violent offenders, 0.7%."
Source
Maruschak, Laura M, HIV In Prisons and Jails, 2002, NCJ-205333, Washington, DC: Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Dec. 2004.
