![]() Overdose Prevention and Intervention Task Force in 2015 to study and implement In response to this crisis, Governor Gina Raimondo established the Justice systems across the nation, the situation in Rhode Island is particularlyĭeath rate is ranked fifth-highest among the 50 states. Though the opioid epidemic plagues criminal ![]() Lifesaving-approach to treating opioid addiction behind bars. However, turned a vitally important corner with a different-and Higher than the rest of the adult population. Overdose, which is the leading cause of death among the recentlyīy the Massachusetts Department of Public Health found the opioid overdoseĭeath rate among recently incarcerated individuals to be a staggering 129 times Post-incarceration reintegration, often leads to recidivism, relapse, and drug Lack of effective treatment, coupled with the often insurmountable barriers of Yet research shows that quitting cold turkey fails 90 percent of the time. Substance use disorders with forced drug withdrawal. Despite disproportionately high rates of substance abuse in the criminal justice system, America’s prisons and jails remain frightfully - and often fatally - ill-equipped to provide adequate treatment.Ĭurrently, most American correctional institutions “treat” ![]() For decades, we have been told by medical professionals that addiction is a chronic disorder of the brain, yet a seismic disconnect persists between the research of addiction and the physical treatment of addiction, especially in correctional facilities. Although America’s opioid epidemic is already killing formerly incarcerated individuals at staggering rates, prison and jails across the nation continue to fuel the crisis.
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