Practice Patterns in Prescribing Buprenorphine in the New Jersey Department of Corrections.

Inmates have high rates of opioid use disorder and are at risk for morbidity and mortality both during incarceration and after release. We conducted a retrospective chart review to assess prescribers' fidelity to the New Jersey Department of Corrections practice guideline for prescribing maintenance or prerelease buprenorphine. We compared the entire group of inmates prescribed buprenorphine at the conclusion of 2019 ( = 875) with a sample of inmates diagnosed with opioid use disorder (OUD) but not prescribed buprenorphine ( = 396) and a sample of inmates not diagnosed with OUD ( = 367).