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In response to soaring overdose deaths in state prisons, California started a sprawling addiction treatment program, which serves addicts in prison and after their release. At a mobile health clinic in San Jose, health workers treat formerly incarcerated patients.
In response to soaring overdose deaths in state prisons, California started a sprawling addiction program. But keeping people on medication during and after a sentence can be difficult.
There is a promising shift in society toward putting nonviolent lawbreakers with addiction or mental health problems into treatment instead of prison. Their crimes are often driven by these conditions,
The Biden administration is asking states to use Medicaid funds to cover opioid addiction treatment in correctional facilities, where many people suffer intense cravings and withdrawal.
Using drugs to treat addicts inside prison might just be the best way to stem the crisis of overdose deaths.