Table 5.

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

Level	Theme	Quotes
Public Policy
“It’s not cheap, is it?” Cost, insurance, and access		Having insurance or Medicaid would make it easier [to take PrEP]…I don’t know if Medicaid covers it. Amber, age 31
“How it is in prison” Incarceration		When he got out of prison, like, that was, uh, something that was pretty serious. ‘Cause bein’ in prison for that long, you never know, like, where somebody’s at. And, um, so I, like, I immediately had him tested for everything before we could even begin a sexual relationship again. Angela, age 36 So, every time I would get incarcerated, she would end up bein’ somewhere else…I mean, she would sleep around…I can’t really blame her. I mean, we were unstable. John, age 34