Personal Health Libraries for Formerly Incarcerated Individuals (PerHL)

Formerly incarcerated individuals face significant barriers to accessing healthcare upon reentry, including fragmented medical records, limited health literacy, and mistrust of healthcare systems. This project designs Personal Health Libraries (PerHL) — digital tools to help justice-impacted individuals manage their health information and navigate care after release.

Using a community-based participatory research approach, the team co-designs PerHL with people with lived experience of incarceration, healthcare providers, and reentry organizations.