Correctional Health Care, Reentry & Diversion Services

The corrections health care, re-entry, and diversion market is defined as the provision of medical and behavioural health services to the incarcerated, services to ease the transition back into the community, and diversion services related to decreasing or avoiding jail time for certain offences. The corrections market faces a number of challenges including the high number of individuals with serious mental illness, an increasingly female population, providing adequate care, and helping former inmates adapt and succeed in the community.

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Los Angeles County Jail Reduces Access To Buprenorphine For Opioid Use Disorder Treatment

In November 2025, Correctional Health Services, which provides medical and behavioral health treatment at the Los Angeles County jails, implemented a new policy for buprenorphine for opioid use disorder that restricts how physicians prescribe the medication, according to a recent news report. Under the new policy, priority for medication assisted treatment (MAT) for opioid use disorder is given to people when they first enter the jail system. Those who accept buprenorphine MAT on intake receive… Read

• North Carolina DHHS Celebrates Opening Of New Women’s Re-Entry Support Home In Durham
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• Franklin County, Illinois, Joins Jail-Based Competency Restoration Mental Health Pilot
• Bell County, Texas, Contracts With Armor Health To Provide Correctional Medical, Mental Health & Pharmacy Services At More Than $8 Million Annually
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