Acceptability and efficacy of naltrexone for criminal justice‐involved individuals with opioid use disorder: a systematic review and meta‐analysis. Bahji, A., Carlone, D., and Altomare, J. ( 2019)  Addiction, doi.org/10.1111/add.14946. Abs...

USA. ‘First Shot is Free’: Hundreds Incarcerated in Michigan Offered Opioid Blocker Shots The Michigan Department of Corrections says more than 20% of its inmates have an opioid-use disorder. Wayne County Jail, the state’s largest, has similar nu...

UK. Report: Unlocking the evidence: Understanding suicide in prisons People in prison are significantly more likely to die by suicide than people in the general population. In 2018 alone, there were 92 self-inflicted deaths in prisons in England...

Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Decision Making And Care Navigation Upon Release From Prison: A Feasibility Study. Banta-Green CJ, Floyd AS, Vick K, Arthur J, Hoeft TJ, Tsui JI. Subst Abuse Rehabil. 2019 Oct 22;10:57-67. doi: 10.2147/SAR.S192045.&...

Europa. Status report on prison health in the WHO European Region. Copenhagen: WHO Regional Office for Europe; 2019. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.  Der Bericht enthält eine Analyse der erhobenen Daten zum Gesundheitsstatus von Häftlingen und...

Mehr Suizidfälle in deutschen Haftanstalten Berlin – Die Zahl der Suizidfälle in deutschen Haftanstalten hat zugenommen. Wie aus einer Antwort der Bundesregierung auf eine Anfrage der Linksfraktion hervorgeht, star­ben 2017 im Justizvollzug 173 M...