Recidivism
This social factor makes it harder for formerly incarcerated individuals to find jobs and housing, increasing relapse risk
What is Stigma?
Why may an individual neglect health related issues prior to release?
What is Various Answers accepted
(prioritizing income, lack of funding, unable to receive care)
This critical period immediately after release is when individuals are most vulnerable to health complications and overdose.
What are the first two weeks after release?
These two institutional barriers often force an individual to stop a treatment program before completion, regardless of their progress.
What are Transfers and Early Release?
Unlike traditional clinics, FACT programs are "community-based," meaning they provide services in this location rather than requiring the client to come to an office.
What is wherever the client is (or in the client's home/neighborhood)?
A study found how many individuals released later returned within 3 years due to technical violations that included testing positive for drug use?
What is one quarter
This term describes the fact that people in the justice system experience mental health conditions at significantly higher frequencies than the general public.
What are Disproportionate Rates of Mental Illness?
While infectious diseases are high-profile, this "silent" category of illnessis often the most impactful upon reentry because it requires lifelong management that is frequently interrupted during the transition.
What are Chronic Diseases
This major issue describes the large difference between the number of inmates who need substance abuse treatment and those who actually receive it.
What is Treatment Gap?
This federal policy, known as the "Inmate Exclusion Policy," prohibits the use of these specific funds for medical care while an individual is incarcerated, often leading to a total loss of coverage upon release.
What is Medicaid?
Often triggered by a failed drug test or a missed parole meeting due to substance use, this refers to being sent back to prison for breaking supervision rules rather than committing a new crime.
What is a technical violation?
Beyond medical care, the CRAN program assists participants with these two logistical tasks to ensure they don't miss their initial recovery steps.
What are submitting applications and making appointments?
Estelle v. Gamble ruled that “deliberate indifference to serious medical needs” of prisoners is unconstitutional under this Amendment.
What is the Eighth Amendment?
During this decade, policy makers shifted toward more punitive measures, leading to a rise in mandatory minimums and a decrease in rehabilitative funding.
What are the early 1990s?
BJA’s "Adult Reentry" grants specifically require that substance abuse treatment be "Evidence-Based," such as this model that rewards positive behavioral changes.
What is Contingency Management.
The "gap" in reentry occurs when a person lacks these two things (relating to health/mental health) a combination that significantly increases the likelihood of a return to custody.
What is Health Insurance and an Appointment Schedule?
Untreated mental illness significantly increases the risk of substance use relapse, which often leads to an individual missing this mandatory legal requirements.
What is Parole/Probation Requirements
This case determined that prisons must provide enough medication upon release if an individual cannot obtain it on their own.
What is Wakefield v. Thompson?
After release from prison, individuals must rely heavily on these types of support systems to continue receiving substance abuse care.
What are community-based services and parole supervision?
This intensive service delivery model is specifically designed for individuals with serious mental illness who are involved in the justice system.
What is Forensic Assertive Community Treatment (FACT)?
On average, this many individuals are released from state and federal prisons every year, facing the immediate barriers that comes with reentry.
What is 600,000?
Percent of Hispanic Adults reported receiving mental health services in the past three years.
What is 36%
This policy aims to eliminate the 90 day delay in Medicaid activation after release from prison
What is the Transitional Health Act?
What percent of individuals in federal AND state prison receive care for their drug use?
What is 17% and 15%
This prison based treatment model focuses on peer influence, structure, and social learning to reduce substance abuse.
What is therapeutic community?