Rethinking Jail Rehabilitation: Evaluating an Intensive Outpatient Program.

The goal of the intensive outpatient program was to provide services to individuals who presented with co-occurring mental health and substance abuse disorders. These services were provided to incarcerated individuals during their involvement with a large Midwestern jail facility in efforts to reduce recidivism. Behavior change is a difficult process for any population, but for those with co-occurring mental health and substance abuse disorders, it is particularly challenging.