"What little medical help we get is from the stone age," laments one prisoner at Krasnodar. Health care for prisoners is bottom of the government's lists of concerns and treatment for those with HIV is non-existent. "You only get to the AIDS centre after the disease has manifested itself. You are allowed to leave only if you are mortally ill." Natalja Bolsunovskaya, Russia's Chief Medical Officer for prisons, blames the problem on low pay which leaves hospitals understaffed and doctors poorly motivated. But while she is strict with those she sees as lazy, she is compassionate and caring to her patients. She has secured separate accommodation for infected prisoners, secluding them from other inmates' germs. Thanks to her, HIV prisoners now have the chance at a better life.