With FDA approval of rapid HIV tests, new opportunities for correctional screening programs have emerged. However, jail incarcerations can be brief creating a challenge for jail-based HIV C&T programs that utilize standard HIV tests which may take days or weeks for test results to be available. Jails, which act as the portal of entry to correctional systems, offer an opportunity to deliver C&T services to the majority of persons passing through the correctional system.
Prior to incarceration, many persons engage in high-risk behaviors including risky sex and substance abuse highlighting the importance of offering HIV testing and prevention services in this setting. Correctional facilities represent an important venue for the delivery of HIV C&T services by accessing persons at increased risk of HIV infection and persons who may be marginalized from C&T services in their communities.
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