Mental Healthcare Practices from Entry to Release across Southeastern Jails.

Background: Individuals with mental illnesses are disproportionately incarcerated in jails, which have become mental health institutions across the US. Yet there is limited research describing mental healthcare practices from entry to release among multiple jails and states.

Methods: We conducted 34 semi-structured interviews with jail healthcare personnel across five Southeastern states.

Provision of health care services related to substance use disorder in southern U.S. jails.

Introduction: The U.S. jail population has more than tripled since the 1980s, and today, one out of every three incarcerated individuals is being held in a county or city jail.

Jail Healthcare Staffing in the US Southeast: a Cross-Sectional Survey.

Background: Jails annually incarcerate millions of people with health problems, yet jail healthcare services have not been well described.

Objective: To describe jail healthcare staffing.

Design: Phone-administered survey conducted October 2020 to May 2021.

"": A qualitative study of Southern jail personnel approaches to pregnancy.

Each year, approximately 55,000 pregnant people are incarcerated in US jails. To learn about pregnancy and postpartum care in jails, we analyzed 34 qualitative interviews with jail personnel from facilities in five Southeastern US states. Themes included jail processes unique to pregnancy and burden on jails produced by liability and limited resources.

Implementing evidence-based supported employment within specialty mental health probation: A hybrid type I implementation-effectiveness trial protocol.

Background: People with serious mental illnesses who are involved in the criminal justice system face significant challenges in obtaining meaningful employment. Given the importance of employment in reducing recidivism, the field needs effective interventions to increase employment rates, address mental health needs, and reduce recidivism for justice-involved people with serious mental illnesses. Individual Placement and Support - Supported Employment (IPS-SE) improves employment outcomes among individuals with serious mental illnesses and has shown promising results when implemented with individuals with histories of justice involvement; however, IPS-SE has only been implemented in mental health service settings.

The role of detention officers in the provision of jail healthcare in the Southeastern United States.

Jailed individuals have considerable healthcare needs, yet jail healthcare resources are often limited. We interviewed staff from 34 Southeastern jails about strategies that jails use to deliver healthcare. One of the most prominent strategies was the use of detention officers to provide or facilitate the provision of healthcare.

"You can get a couple of ramen noodle packs for a Buspar": A qualitative examination of medication access, policy, and procedures in southern jails.

Background: Jails in the United States are required to provide health care to the over 10 million people entering jails each year, a significant portion of whom need medications. Yet little is known about the processes by which medications are prescribed, obtained, and administered to incarcerated persons in jails.

Objective: To describe medication access, policy, and procedures in jails.

SARS-CoV-2 Mitigation Strategies, Testing, and Cases at 254 Jails in the US Southeast, October 2020 to May 2021.

To characterize severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) mitigation strategies, testing, and cases across county jails in the Southeastern United States, examining variability by jail characteristics. We administered a 1-time telephone survey to personnel of 254 jails in Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina between October 2020 and May 2021. Some SARS-CoV-2 mitigation strategies (e.

Jail Health Care in the Southeastern United States From Entry to Release.

Unlabelled: Policy Points As a consequence of mass incarceration and related social inequities in the United States, jails annually incarcerate millions of people who have profound and expensive health care needs. Resources allocated for jail health care are scarce, likely resulting in treatment delays, limited access to care, lower-quality care, unnecessary use of emergency medical services (EMS) and emergency departments (EDs), and limited services to support continuity of care upon release. Potential policy solutions include alternative models for jail health care oversight and financing, and providing alternatives to incarceration, particularly for those with mental illness and substance use disorders.