Correctional Health Care, Reentry & Diversion Services
The corrections health care, re-entry, and diversion market is defined as the provision of medical and behavioral health services to the incarcerated, services to ease the transition back into the community, and diversion services related to decreasing or avoiding jail time for certain offenses. The corrections market faces a number of challenges including the high number of individuals with serious mental illness, an increasingly female population, providing adequate care, and helping former inmates adapt and succeed in the community.
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Six States Cut Three-Year Return-To-Prison Rates By 20% Or More
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Homeless Rate Nearly 10 Times Higher For Former Prisoners
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Inmates With Serious Mental Illness Most Often Incarcerated For Drug & Sex Offenses
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Lane County, Oregon Launches Pay-For-Success Project For Forensic Housing & Re-Entry Services
The Face Of The Criminal Justice System Is Increasingly Female
There are currently 6.5 million people involved in the correctional system—2.1 million who are incarcerated (see Total Population in U.S. Adult Correctional Systems by Correctional Status). This population is increasingly female. While the overall incarcerated population is going down, the proportion of women is on the rise. Since 1978, women in the corrections system has… Read
- Oklahoma Corrections Department To End Contracts With Two Halfway Houses, Expanding Use Of GPS Supervision
- Federal Bureau Of Prisons Awards Five-Year Talladega Prison Medical Contract To Seven Corners
- Scott v. Clarke Finding Of Fact & Conclusions Of Law On Show Cause
- Parsons v. Ryan Order & Judgment Of Civil Contempt
- Unity Health Care Awarded DOC Inmate Comprehensive Medical Services Contract
Latest Resources
- Prison & Jail Incarceration Rates Decreased By More Than 10% From 2007 To 2017
- Girls In The Juvenile Justice System
- California Governor's 2019-2020 Public Safety Budget Proposals, May Revision
- Alabama Department Of Corrections Strategic Plan 2019 Through 2022
- Jail Inmates In 2017
- Prisoners In 2017
- Law Enforcement Agencies Spend 10% Of Budgets Responding To & Transporting Persons With Mental Illness
- California Correctional Health Care Services Medication-Assisted Treatment For Substance-Use Disorders, Final Legislative Report
- California Correctional Health Care Services: Treatment To Reduce The Burden Of Disease & Deaths From Opioid Use Disorder
- Corizon Health Expands Pilot Inmate Medication Assisted Opioid Use Treatment Program
- Federal Court Rules Maine County Jail Must Provide MAT Maintenance Treatment
- Federal Appeals Court Ruling In Smith v. Aroostook County
- County Council Of Cuyahoga County, Ohio Resolution No. R2019-0092 Approving Contract With The MetroHealth System For Jail Medical Services
- County Council Of Cuyahoga County, Ohio Resolution No. R2019-0092 Approving Contract With The MetroHealth System For Jail Medical Services
- Clay v. Cuyahoga County
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- Maryland Corrections Awards $680 Million, Five-Year Prison Medical Contract To Corizon Health
- The Face Of The Criminal Justice System Is Increasingly Female
- Another Reason Why States Terminate Medicaid Benefits When Enrollees Become Incarcerated
- Milwaukee County Contracts With Wellpath For Correctional Health Care, Develops Plan To Self-Operate By 2021
Government Contract Bidding Opportunities
- Virginia Seeks Dental Services
- Virginia Seeks Pharmaceutical Services
- New York's Monroe County Seeks Spiritual Counseling and Program Services for Inmates
- New Jersey's Mercer County Seeks Onsite Dental Services
Government Contract Award Announcements
- California's San Diego County Awards Medical Services Contract to California Forensic Medical Group, Inc.
- Wisconsin's Milwaukee County Awards Correctional Medical Services Contract to Wellpath, LLC
- Virginia Awards Multiple Temporary Medical Services Contracts
- Wyoming Awards In-Prison Substance Abuse Treatment Services Contract to Gateway Foundation, Inc.
