The county jail of Westchester County recently received a national award for its Community Oriented Re-Entry (CORE) program. CORE—which provides mental health services to inmates—won the “Program of the Year” honors, granted by the National Commission on Correctional Health Care.

The award, which was presented to the county jail in Chicago on November 6, represents the jail’s positive results achieved in helping to deliver mental health services to its inmates. CORE represents a correlated effort between the county’s Department of Correction, Department of Community Mental Health, and New York Correct Care Solutions to address root . . .

Want To Read More? Log In Or Become A Free Member
Resource Available For All OPEN MINDS Circle Members
If you are already a member, log in to your account to access this resource and more.

You can become a free member and get access now. Learn more about the OPEN MINDS Circle Market Intelligence Service Membership. Reach out to our team at info@openminds.com, or call us at 877-350-6463.

A Paid OPEN MINDS Circle Membership provides unlimited organizational access to all OPEN MINDS strategic advice, market intelligence, and management best practices – over 250,000 resources!

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.


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