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Category: Prison Health

Over a dozen men in yellow jumpsuits seated at a graduation ceremony inside the behavioral health unit
Posted inPrison Health

In-jail mental health treatment producing a ‘night and day’ difference for some in Forsyth County

by Rachel Crumpler November 29, 2022November 28, 2022
A black vending machine full of free naloxone kits in a white box
Posted inPrison Health

Vending machines dispensing free, life-saving medication

by Rachel Crumpler November 9, 2022November 15, 2022
A series of doors in the housing unit inside the Buncombe County Detention Facility
Posted inPrison Health

Opioid use disorder treatment in jails making strides in North Carolina

by Rachel Crumpler September 27, 2022September 28, 2022
image shows the corner of a building behind a fence with loops of barbed wire on top
Posted inPrison Health

Momentum building for MAT in jails across N.C.

by Rachel Crumpler September 15, 2022September 17, 2022
Two yellow figures emerge from behind bars and start walking down a path. At the end of the path is a house, but there is a roadblock in the way.
Posted inPrison Health

After prison, individualized reentry plans are cutting recidivism

by Rachel Crumpler September 7, 2022September 6, 2022
We see a gated entrance to Neuse Correctional Institution located in Goldsboro. The facility has had hundreds of inmates test positive for COVID-19, including several who have died.
Posted inPrison Health

Prisons were some of the hardest hit places during the pandemic. What are the next steps forward?

by Elizabeth Thompson June 7, 2022June 7, 2022

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