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The opioid epidemic inside the justice system is a crisis within a crisis.

10 May Opioid Use Disorder in the Justice System: A Crisis Within the Crisis

Posted at 10:11h in Challenges After Release

The effects of OUD among justice-impacted populations can be devastating. Internationally, drug overdose is the leading cause of death among people recently released from jail or prison.

Contraband kept coming into Texas prisons despite a lockdown.

16 Apr Texas Prisons Find Some Answers About Where Contraband Comes From

Posted at 10:00h in Prisons

After Texas tried to put a hard stop to contraband in prisons, specifically drugs, there ended up being more than before inside the state's correctional facilities. This increase in contraband, despite more regulations, made Texas a kind of controlled experiment about where contraband in prisons

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10 May Opioid Use Disorder in the Justice System: A Crisis Within the Crisis

16 Apr Texas Prisons Find Some Answers About Where Contraband Comes From