Table 4.

Illustrative quotes for each community-level theme from interviews with participants recruited from the social networks of women who have experienced incarceration in the Southeastern US, 2020.

Theme	Quotes
“I think it would have some stigma to it” Stigma	Because previously, the things that [we were] doing, I feel like it would make me look like I was doing the things that I was trying to hide. Like sleeping around or sharing needles, like, just bringing up that conversation makes people question why you feel you need to take anything for that. Rachel, age 33
“That’s the thing here in this program” Program structure as a social norm	I think [PrEP is] a lot easier to, to talk about in here than it would be with, you know, a friend that I’ve just been on the streets with…Like, you know, it’s, it’s not shamed upon. It’s not looked down on. Angela, age 36 Of course, [we] talked about—actually, here, in [program], before you can date somebody and have an overnight, you have to get STD tested—and HIV tested, and to be open and honest about, like, if you do have—like, if I—if he had Hep C, he would have to sit down and tell me that in front of somebody. Emily, age 22

Theme

Quotes

“I think it would have some stigma to it”
Stigma

Because previously, the things that [we were] doing, I feel like it would make me look like I was doing the things that I was trying to hide. Like sleeping around or sharing needles, like, just bringing up that conversation makes people question why you feel you need to take anything for that.
Rachel, age 33

“That’s the thing here in this program”
Program structure as a social norm

I think [PrEP is] a lot easier to, to talk about in here than it would be with, you know, a friend that I’ve just been on the streets with…Like, you know, it’s, it’s not shamed upon. It’s not looked down on.
Angela, age 36
Of course, [we] talked about—actually, here, in [program], before you can date somebody and have an overnight, you have to get STD tested—and HIV tested, and to be open and honest about, like, if you do have—like, if I—if he had Hep C, he would have to sit down and tell me that in front of somebody.
Emily, age 22