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

• Oklahoma Fails To Meet Consent Decree Requirements On Timely Competency Restoration
• Wyoming Rebids Jail & Community Corrections IOP Addiction Treatment Contracts With July 2026 Start
• Half Of U.S. Jails Are More Than 30 Minutes From Opioid Treatment Programs, Limiting MOUD Access
• U.S. Reincarceration Rates Fall To 28%, With 30,000 Fewer Annual Returns To Prison
• The Evolution Of Crisis Response Systems: An OPEN MINDS Roundtable On Harris County’s Collaborative CORE Model
• The Change Companies & ViaPath Collaborate To Expand Digital Behavioral Health Programming In Correctional Facilities
• New York Bars NaphCare From Correctional Health Contracts For Five Years Following Corporate Practice Of Medicine Violations
• Breaking the Revolving Door: How an Intensive Crisis Stabilization Center Is Reducing ER Reliance
• Are You CCBHC-Ready? Preparing for the 2026 SAMHSA Funding Cycle
• Hamilton County, Tennessee Jail & Detention Center Launches Medication-Assisted Treatment Program
• Ohio Attorney General Awards 30 More Grants Supporting Addiction Treatment For Inmates
• CFG Health Launches CareLink, A Fully Integrated, 24/7 Telehealth Platform For Correctional Health Care
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• Pennsylvania Awards $2 Million To Centre County To Improve Juvenile Justice Services, Combat Opioid Addiction, Strengthen Programs For Crime Survivors
• Topeka Correctional Facility In Kansas Launches Community Health Worker Development Reentry Program

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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 Executive Order Targets Behavioral Health & Criminal Justice Coordination
• Montgomery County, Ohio, Secures $13 Million For New Behavioral Health Unit At County Jail
• New $6 Million Center At Colorado State University Will Expand State’s Behavioral Health Workforce
• Corrections Center Of Northwest Ohio Transitions Health Contract To Armor Health
• Ethical AI In Behavioral Health: Practical Use Cases That Work

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