Comprehensive Linkage to Care for Individuals Living With HIV Returning From Incarceration: Behavioral Health and Re-Entry Considerations

• By: Marc Liff, LCSW ACSW Lamont Bryant, BS, MPS Christopher Carpenter, BS SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University Special Treatment and Research Program (STAR)
• July 29th, 2026
• behavioral health, HIV/AIDS, incarceration, linkage to care, peer navigation, re-entry, substance use, Summer 2026 Issue, viral load
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Comprehensive and expeditious linkage to appropriate care is vital for people being released from correctional facilities who are living with HIV and experience behavioral health conditions. In the United States, the incarcerated population, including prisons and local jails, has an HIV rate of up...