Bringing Better Value To Services For Justice-Involved Consumers

Everyone is familiar with the statistics, and with the headlines, when it comes to the intersection of the criminal justice system with the health and human service market. By definition, justice-involved consumers are the portion of the population that is that has been arrested, is incarcerated, on probation, or on parole. They have a high prevalence of behavioral disorders. And they often fit the health care system definition of “complex” – with chronic physical and mental health conditions, addictive disorders, and the need for significant social supports.

And this consumer population is large. For adults, as of December 2013, there . . .