Prison-Based Services
AIDS in Prison Program

What can a person in a NYS prison do when he thinks he may have been exposed to HIV? How can an HIV-positive prisoner learn more about new treatments that might help him or her? Where can an incarcerated individual turn for information about Hepatitis C? How can a soon-to-be-paroled prisoner find housing, good health care, and a job upon release?

One thing all these people can do is call collect to Osborne's AIDS in Prison Hotline--the first such hotline ever established in the nation (718)-378-7022. Callers can speak in Spanish or English to trained peer workers, most of them former prisoners living with HIV.

Hotline calls cover many different topics, including:

	•	General HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis C information
	•	HIV and infectious disease prevention
	•	HIV/AIDS treatment
	•	Referrals for services within correctional facilities
	•	Transitional planning for people in prison who are living with HIV (including assistance finding housing, medical care, and counseling)
	•	Peer counseling and support
	•	Advocacy for people in prison who have special AIDS/HIV-related needs
	•	Medical parole

Hotline staff will also send written information to people in prison free of charge. All information is confidential.

HIV education, testing, counseling, and discharge planning are also offered on-site to prisoners at Sing Sing, Fishkill, Downstate and Green Haven Correctional Facilities.

AIDS in Prison Hotline
A collect hotline for people in New York State prisons
809 Westchester Avenue
Bronx, NY 10455
(718) 378-7022
(Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, 3 p.m. to 8 p.m.)

info@osborneny.org

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