USA. Methadone improves inmate outcomes Jail inmates who continue to receive methadone treatment for opioid use disorder have better outcomes both during and after incarceration, according to a new Yale study conducted in conjunction with several...

Postincarceration Fatal Overdoses After Implementing Medications for Addiction Treatment in a Statewide Correctional System. Traci C. Green, Jennifer Clarke, Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein, Brandon D. L. Marshall, Nicole Alexander-Scott, Rebecca Boss...

Opioid addiction treatment behind bars reduced post-incarceration overdose deaths in Rhode Island A new study in JAMA Psychiatry suggests that treating people for opioid addiction in jails and prisons is a promising strategy to address high rates...

Feasibility and Effectiveness of Continuing Methadone Maintenance Treatment During Incarceration Compared With Forced Withdrawal. Moore KE, Oberleitner L, Smith KMZ, Maurer K, McKee SA. J Addict Med. 2018 Jan 16. doi: 10.1097/ADM.000000000000038...

Prevalence, Diagnosis, and Treatment Rates of Mood Disorders among Opioid Users under Criminal Justice Supervision. Mbaba M, Brown SE, Wooditch A, Kiss M, Murphy A, Kumari S, Taxman F, Altice F, Lawson WB, Springer SA. Subst Use Misuse. 2018 Jan...

Factors associated with interest in receiving prison-based methadone maintenance therapy in Malaysia. Mukherjee TI, Wickersham JA, Desai MM, Pillai V, Kamarulzaman A, Altice FL. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2016 Jul 1;164:120-7. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcde...