The Los Angeles County jail system’s innovative peer mental health program has grown from a small pilot to serve over 400 patients, becoming a model for correctional facilities nationwide.
Somerset County Sheriff Dale P. Lancaster and addiction medicine director Dr. Alane O’Connor spearhead an innovative program offering extended-release buprenorphine injections to inmates, significantly improving post-release treatment continuation and reducing overdose risks.
In rural Utah, a community health worker helps people released from jail access health care, social services, and support, leading to a significant drop in recidivism and improved chances of success.
At Louisiana’s Angola prison, a hospice program enabled inmates like Steven Garner to find redemption through compassionately caring for dying prisoners. The program became a national model for prison hospice care.
“We should take patients as they are, without the stigma of prison.”