Services For Justice-Involved Consumers – Jumping The Chasm Between The Health Care & Corrections Systems

I wince when I'm at a meeting and someone from a correctional facility introduces themselves as running the largest mental institution in their state. (This is not ancient history – this happened last week.)

Access to mental health and addiction treatment services is certainly better than it was a decade ago. There now is parity in health plan coverage for behavioral health treatment services. And, 32 states have expanded Medicaid, so newly-released offenders are more likely to be eligible for coverage.

But the statistics remain grim. Statistics from the U.S. Department of Justice show that approximately 20% of . . .