I was falsely declared HIV Positive — ex-convict

Longoli's lips changed colour from black to red and developed painful wounds that lasted for months. Food would not stay in his stomach. He suffered constant headaches, stress and deep frustration. The psychological torture was crushing. Stigma and discrimination followed him everywhere in prison. Other inmates, even some officers treated him differently. His family started pulling away, believing the HIV story. “It was really a hard and a stigmatised life,” Longoli says.

Longoli displaying a medical form indicating that he is not infected with HIV.