ReConnect Us – Success Stories

Maintaining Viral Suppression After Incarceration

Success Stories about ReConnect Us Participants

ReConnect Us: A Prison Initiative has successfully supported several participants with maintaining their viral suppression post-release. ReConnect Us would like to highlight three participants who have gracefully achieved personal goals, shown outstanding improvements with viral load results, or successfully created a new life pos-release.

ReConnect Us – HIV and STI

What is ReConnect Us?

ReConnect Us: A Prison Initiative is a collaboration between the South Carolina Department of Public (DPH), the South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC), and Prisma Health that supports HIV viral suppression among previously incarcerated individuals diagnosed with HIV re-entering the community.

ReConnect Us

Research has shown that two-thirds of people released from prison and living with HIV (PWH) experience interrupted care (MMWR, 2016). Effective linkage to care between corrections and community services is essential to ensure viral suppression and retention in care. ReConnect Us: A Prison Initiative is a collaboration between the South Carolina Department of Public Health (DPH), the South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC), and Prisma Health that supports HIV viral suppression among previously incarcerated individuals diagnosed with HIV who are re-entering the community.