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.

Latest Resources

• Maine Medicaid 1115 Waiver Expands Coverage For Reentry & Behavioral Health Services
• 12 Counties Across Nine States To Pilot Behavioral Health Interventions In Criminal Justice Systems
• Louisiana, Minnesota & Nevada Approved To Provide Medicaid Services Before Release From Incarceration
• Louisiana Medicaid Reentry Demonstration Approval
• Minnesota Medicaid Reentry Demonstration Approval
• Nevada Medicaid Reentry Demonstration Approval
• Jail Admissions Decrease, While Length Of Stay Increased
• CMS Renews D.C. Medicaid Waiver Through 2031, Adds Coverage Of Pre-Release Services
• District Of Columbia Whole-Person Care Transformation Section 1115 Demonstration, Waiver Renewal
• Armor Health Expands Structured Approach To Women’s Postpartum Mental Health In Correctional Settings
• Number Of Jail Inmates Age 65 & Older Increased 80% From 2020 To 2024
• Indiana Rebids Correctional Health Services Following $1 Billion Centurion Contract
• Kentucky Clarifies County Jail & State Payment Responsibilities For Prisoner Medical Care
• Kentucky Revised Statutes Section 441.045, Relating To Standard Medical Care To Be Provided To State Inmates Held At County Jails
• Statement Of Emergency 501 Kentucky Administrative Regulation 2:080E, Related To Standard Medical Services Provided To State Inmates Held At County Jails

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Only 58% Of U.S. Correctional Facilities Offer Medications For Opioid Use Disorder

About 58% of correctional facilities in the United States offer medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD). Jails were twice as likely to offer MOUD as prisons. About 17% of state prison inmates and 19% of jail inmates meet criteria for OUD. Regional disparities existed: correctional facilities in the Western states were 3.67 times more likely to offer MOUD than those in the Midwest. The researchers analyzed a survey of 268 correctional health professionals representing 212… Read

• Appellate Court Ruling In Kentucky Department Of Corrections v. Boyd County, Et Al.
• Maryland Launches Statewide Assisted Outpatient Treatment Program
• Armor Health & Stark County, Ohio Sheriff’s Office Partner To Launch Jail-Based PATH Program
• DOJ Opens $200+ Million In Grants For Reentry, SUD & Behavioral Health Criminal Justice Programs
• Armor Health Deploys ACE Geriatric Model Of Care At Franklin County, Ohio Correctional Facilities

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