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

• Armor Health Expands Structured Approach To Women’s Postpartum Mental Health In Correctional Settings
• 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
• 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
• Clinical Results Need Financial Innovation
• Newton County, Georgia Awards Armor Health $4 Million Correctional Health Care Contract
• Virginia Expanding Mental Health Competency Restoration In Local Jails Through Creation Of ‘Restoration Pods’
• 2025 National Survey On Drug Use & Health
• Lucas County, Ohio, Awards $17,660,050 Correctional Health Care Contract To Armor Health
• The GEO Group Signs ICE Contract For Company-Owned 1,320-Bed Rivers Facility In North Carolina

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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

• Only 58% Of U.S. Correctional Facilities Offer Medications For Opioid Use Disorder
• Connecting Point Partners With Qualifacts To Strengthen Care Coordination For Nevada County, California Justice-Involved Individuals
• Judge Finalizes Arizona Prison Health Care Receivership Amid Multi-Year Class Action Lawsuit & Constitutional Violations
• Wellpath Awarded $4.2 Million Correctional Medical Contract In Buncombe County, North Carolina
• Philadelphia Terminates YesCare Jail Health Contract Following Bankruptcy; CFG Health Takes Over Early

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