July 11, 2014 - SFGate. by Erin Allday UCSF doctors have teamed with artists from the Medea Project - a jailhouse theater program for women designed to reduce recidivism rates - to help women disclose to their partners and family members that they have HIV. The point, in turn, is to improve their support network and overall quality of life. The troupe of HIV-positive women creates and performs theater productions about their HIV status and the long histories of trauma, substance abuse and mental illness that often co-exist with HIV infection.