reentry

A promising jail reentry program revisited: results from a quasi-experimental design

Scientific article

19 February 2015

ABSTRACT Prisoner reentry remains a significant challenge for the criminal justice system with millions of offenders returning to society each year from the nation’s prisons and jails. Employment, housing, and access to substance abuse and...

Community-based substance use treatment programs for reentering justice-involved adults: A scoping review

Scientific article

16 February 2024

Abstract Introduction For adults involved with the criminal justice system who are reentering their communities post-incarceration, there is a large need for community-based substance use treatment. Little is known, however, about the types...

Coping with Life After Prison

Book

4 October 2022

Psychologists are playing pivotal roles in reentry programs, but more research and investment are needed to help incarcerated individuals build successful lives after leaving prison. This article, published in the American Psychological...

Reentry for Citizens Needing Substance Use Disorder Treatment

7 October 2020

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Prisons and jails are the largest behavioural health treatment institutions/organizations in every state, and often, especially for those with substance use disorders and mental health conditions, jail or prison are the entry points to Behavioral Health treatment. Once individuals with substance use disorders are released from prison, they have a greater risk of disrupted behavioural health treatment and even fatal overdose.

Best Practices for Successful Reentry for People Who Have Opioid Addictions

Book

29 November 2018

This fact sheet describes the best practices that community-based behavioural health, and probation and parole agencies can implement to ensure that reentry for people who have opioid addictions is safe and successful.

Effectiveness Bank Matrix Cell: Medical Care in Drug Treatment Systems

Key studies relating to the roles of medical interventions and treatment in medical settings in local, regional and national drug treatment systems. Highlights a simple innovation which transformed detoxification recyclers into typical...

The Reciprocal Lagged Effects of Substance Use and Recidivism in a Prisoner Reentry Context

Scientific article

7 June 2017

Abstract Background Much work has investigated the association between substance use, crime, and recidivism, yet little scholarship has examined these associations longitudinally among samples of recently released prisoners. We examine the...