Drogensubstitution. Die Freiburger JVA versorgt opiatsüchtige Häftlinge mit Ersatzmitteln  Menschen im Gefängnis haben ein Anrecht auf eine Substitutionsbehandlung, findet ein Suchtexperte. Das Freiburger Modell ist ein Hoffnungsschimmer für...

Kanada. How a Misapplied Needle Exchange May Harm Incarcerated People A needle exchange program in seven federal prisons in Canada is at the center of a heated debate between the nation’s correctional officers union and harm reduction advocates. ...

USA. The White Van Prescribing Buprenorphine Outside a Baltimore Jail In 2017 the Behavioral Health Leadership Institute (BHLI), a Baltimore nonprofit, rented a truck. The large white GMC van sits outside of the Baltimore Central Booking and Inta...

USA. Use of Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder in Criminal Justice Settings.  HHS Publication No. PEP19-MATUSECJS Rockville, MD: National Mental Health and Substance Use Policy Laboratory. Substance Abuse and Mental Health...

USA. Kansas Inmate Will Be Allowed Opioid Addiction Drugs The A.C.L.U. had argued in a lawsuit that if a federal prison kept denying the medication to the inmate, he would “inevitably suffer and possibly die.”  (New York Times, 11.09.20...

Association of Parental Incarceration With Psychiatric and Functional Outcomes of Young Adults. Gifford EJ, Eldred Kozecke L, Golonka M, et al.  JAMA Netw Open. Published online August 23, 20192(8):e1910005. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen...