Portraits: Portrait Singles: Nairobi West Prisoners

3 inmates sit for portraits at Nairobi West Prison, Kenya. Michael (far right) is HIV positive and is enrolled in the prisons Voluntary Counseling and Testing programme, funded by The Global Fund. Rape within the prisons is very high and consequently so is the spread of HIV. Some prisoners arrive HIV positive but others will contract it serving their sentence.Photographs taken for The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria - www.theglobalfund.org
Nairobi West Prisoners

3 inmates sit for portraits at Nairobi West Prison, Kenya. Michael (far right) is HIV positive and is enrolled in the prisons Voluntary Counseling and Testing programme, funded by The Global Fund.  

Rape within the prisons is very high and consequently so is the spread of HIV. Some prisoners arrive HIV positive but others will contract it serving their sentence. 

Photographs taken for The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria - www.theglobalfund.org