Purpose The purpose of this paper is to discuss overdose among those with criminal justice
experience and recommend harm reduction strategies to lessen overdose risk among this …

Background There is a high risk of death from opioid overdose following release from prison.
Efforts to develop and implement overdose prevention programs for justice-involved …

People leaving incarceration are at high risk of opioid-related overdose. Overdose fatalities
are preventable with administration of naloxone. In response to this risk, overdose education …

Background Although prevention of opiate overdose has been gaining attention as a harm
reduction measure with community drug users, there is scarce information about drug …

This is a brief report on the establishment of a new program in New York State prisons to
prepare prisoners to avoid the increased risks of drug overdose death associated with the …

Background Incarceration is common among people who inject drugs. Prior research has
shown that incarceration is a marker of elevated risk for opioid overdose, suggesting that the …

The rate of acute drug-related mortality, or overdose deaths, among prisoners in the
immediate post-release period is unacceptably high. Such incidents result from many …

Death from opiate overdose is a tremendous source of mortality, with a heightened risk in
the weeks following incarceration. The goal of this study is to assess overdose experience …

Abstract Background The Los Angeles County Jail system is the largest jail system in the
United States, with an average daily inmate population of 17,024 in 2017. Existing literature …

Background People with a history of incarceration are at high risk for opioid overdose. A
variety of factors contribute to this elevated risk though our understanding of these factors is …