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THE HEALTH OF PEOPLE
WHO ARE INCARCERATED
Every year, 171,000 HIV-positive men and women (1 in 7 of all people
living with HIV) pass through a correctional facility. When they get
out, most are handed a one-way bus ticket, some cash, and nothing
else. Many are likely to confront troubled family relationships, frayed
social support, mental health and addiction issues, and serious
obstacles in finding housing and jobs. That’s why EJAF invests every
year in programs that give people who are getting out of prison the
support they need to get adequate healthcare and the other services
essential to leading a stable and healthy life.
EVERY YEAR
171,000
HIV-positive men and women
get out of jail or prison.
EJAF grantee Health Through Walls conducting voluntary HIV testing at a prison in Haiti.
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