Executive Briefings | June 3, 2022
Care For The Incarcerated – Better Or Worse?
There are almost two million individuals who are incarcerated in U.S. federal, state, and local jails and prisons. This makes the U.S. the world leader in the number of people in prison (see People In Jail And Prison In Spring 2021). Of these individuals, 1.3 million (65%) have a substance use disorder (see Criminal Justice DrugFacts); 800,000 (40%) have a chronic medical condition . . .