SynthesisPsychological services2020
Reentry interventions that address substance use: A systematic review.
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30 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Drug use among people in prison: A global review of epidemiology, harms and interventions.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2026Pooled it
- Interventions to reduce harms related to drug use among people who experience incarceration: systematic review and meta-analysis.The Lancet. Public health · 2024Pooled it
- A call to action: Contingency management to improve post-release treatment engagement among people with opioid use disorder who are incarcerated.Preventive medicine · 2023Pooled it
- Beyond the offense: clinical correlates of repeated incarceration among justice-involved male adolescents with substance use disorder.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2026Article
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- Experiences of People Who Discontinue Long-Acting Injectable Buprenorphine Treatment Recently Released From Prison in New South Wales, Australia.Drug and alcohol review · 2026Article
- Linkage to Substance Use Disorder Treatment Through Syringe Services Programs and the Criminal Legal System: A Cross-Sectional Study.American journal of preventive medicine · 2026Article
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- Factors associated with reduced substance use and treatment completion among justice-involved pregnant women.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Implementation evaluation of a Massachusetts pilot program designed to reduce overdose deaths among Black and Latino men returning from incarceration.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- How competing needs after incarceration lead to adverse health outcomes among people who use criminalized drugs.BMC global and public health · 2025Review
- Just an unfair score: Perceptions of gender inequity in the treatment of substance use disorders among women involved in the criminal legal system.Journal of substance use and addiction treatment · 2025Article
- Mandela Yoga: a community case study for a post-incarceration reentry service for men of color in recovery.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Understanding pathways to recovery from alcohol use disorder in a Black community.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- "Trust the process:" NARR Level 3 recovery home approaches to working with criminal legal system-involved residents.Justice, opportunities, and rehabilitation · 2025Article
- The associations between social determinants of health, mental health, substance-use and recidivism: a ten-year retrospective cohort analysis of women who completed the connections programme in Australia.Harm reduction journal · 2024Article
- Opioid Misuse and Associated Health Risks among Adults on Probation and Parole: Prevalence and Correlates 2015-2020.Substance use & misuse · 2024Article
- Financial Sustainability of Novel Delivery Models in Behavioral Health Treatment.The journal of mental health policy and economics · 2023Review
- The impact of the implementation of medication for opioid use disorder and COVID-19 in a statewide correctional system on treatment engagement, postrelease continuation of care, and overdose.Journal of substance use and addiction treatment · 2023Article
- Re-incarceration and associated social, structural and behavioural factors among people who use drugs in an urban Canadian setting.The International journal on drug policy · 2023Article
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Abstract
Justice-involved individuals with substance use problems have heightened risk of relapse and recidivism after release from incarceration, making reentry a critical time to provide evidence-based treatments (EBTs) for substance use; however, the extent to which reentry interventions incorporate EBTs for substance use is unclear. This systematic review identified studies of reentry interventions in the past 10 years that address substance use, assessed whether EBTs were used, and explored which interventions were effective in reducing substance use and recidivism postrelease. Eligible studies included interventions that began during incarceration and continued postrelease or began within 3 months of release and addressed substance use in some capacity. One hundred twelve full text articles were reviewed and 38 met inclusion criteria, representing 34 unique interventions. Of the 34 interventions, 21 provided substance use treatment whereas 13 facilitated connections to treatment. Of the 21 interventions providing treatment, the primary modalities were cognitive-behavioral therapy (n = 6), motivational interviewing (n = 2), medication assisted treatment (n = 2), therapeutic community (n = 2), psychoeducation or 12-step (n = 5), and four did not specify the modality. Of the 31 studies that assessed recidivism outcomes, 18 found reduced recidivism for the treatment group on at least one indicator (e.g., rearrest, reincarceration). Of the 13 studies that assessed substance use outcomes, 7 found reduced substance use for the treatment group on at least one indicator. Results were not consistent for any particular treatment approach or modality and highlight the need for consistent integration of EBTs for substance use into reentry interventions. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).
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