SynthesisPloS one2020
Interventions for incarcerated adults with opioid use disorder in the United States: A systematic review with a focus on social determinants of health.
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30 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 61 citations in OpenAlex.
- A Systematic Review of Substance Misuse Treatment Processes and Outcomes as Implemented in Prisons for Men in the UK.Criminal behaviour and mental health : CBMH · 2025Pooled it
- Critical Dialogue and Capacity-Building Projects Reduced Alcohol and Substance Use in a Randomized Clinical Trial Among Formerly Incarcerated Men.Substance use & misuse · 2024Trial
- Latent Class Analysis of Substance Use Behaviors and Associations of Class Membership With Gender Affirmation, Social Determinants of Health, and HIV Status Among Transfeminine Adults in the Eastern and Southern United States.Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs · 2026Article
- Multilevel determinants of medication preferences for opioid use disorder among criminal-legal-involved populations: Insights from a scoping review.Drug and alcohol dependence reports · 2025Review
- Fatal Opioid Overdoses by Historical and Contemporary Neighborhood-Level Structural Racism.JAMA health forum · 2025Article
- A scoping review of interventions addressing social determinants of health and their influence on opioid use disorder outcomes.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2025Article
- A self-assessment of opioid use disorder services at a Pacific Northwest County jail.Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy · 2025Article
- Beliefs of US chiefs of police about substance use disorder, fentanyl exposure, overdose response, and use of discretion: results from a national survey.Health & justice · 2025Article
- Evaluating public health vending machine rollout and utilization in criminal-legal settings.Journal of substance use and addiction treatment · 2025Article
- Systems analysis and improvement to optimize opioid use disorder care quality and continuity for patients exiting jail (SAIA-MOUD).Implementation science : IS · 2024Article
- Emergency Department-Based Medication for Opioid Use Disorder Program: Addressing Gaps in Linkages to Care.Cureus · 2024Article
- Identifying incarceration status in the electronic health record using large language models in emergency department settings.Journal of clinical and translational science · 2024Article
- Technical violations and infractions are drivers of disengagement from methadone treatment among people with opioid use disorder discharged from Connecticut jails 2014-2018.Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy · 2023Article
- Narrative minireview of the spatial epidemiology of substance use disorder in the United States: Who is at risk and where?World journal of clinical cases · 2023Review
- Public Health and Prisons: Priorities in the Age of Mass Incarceration.Annual review of public health · 2023Review
- Opioid agonist treatment take-home doses ('carries'): Are current guidelines resulting in low treatment coverage among high-risk populations in Canada and the USA?Harm reduction journal · 2022Review
- Types of criminal legal system exposure and polysubstance use: Prevalence and correlates among U.S. adults in the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2015-2019.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2022Article
- Negative attitudes about medications for opioid use disorder among criminal legal staff.Drug and alcohol dependence reports · 2022Article
- Modeling the population-level impact of opioid agonist treatment on mortality among people accessing treatment between 2001 and 2020 in New South Wales, Australia.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2022Article
- Methadone within prison and linkage to and retention in treatment upon community release for people with opioid use disorder in Kyrgyzstan: Evaluation of a national program.The International journal on drug policy · 2022Article
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Abstract
Incarceration poses significant health risks for people involved in the criminal justice system. As the world's leader in incarceration, the United States incarcerated population is at higher risk for infectious diseases, mental illness, and substance use disorder. Previous studies indicate that the mortality rate for people coming out of prison is almost 13 times higher than that of the general population; opioids contribute to nearly 1 in 8 post-release fatalities overall, and almost half of all overdose deaths. Given the hazardous intersection of incarceration, opioid use disorder, and social determinants of health, we systematically reviewed recent evidence on interventions for opioid use disorder (OUD) implemented as part of United States criminal justice system involvement, with an emphasis on social determinants of health (SDOH). We searched academic literature to identify eligible studies of an intervention for OUD that was implemented in the context of criminal justice system involvement (e.g., incarceration or parole/probation) for adults ages 19 and older. From 6,604 citations, 13 publications were included in final synthesis. Most interventions were implemented in prisons (n = 6 interventions), used medication interventions (n = 10), and did not include SDOH as part of the study design (n = 8). Interventions that initiated medication treatment early and throughout incarceration had significant, positive effects on opioid use outcomes. Evidence supports medication treatment administered throughout the period of criminal justice involvement as an effective method of improving post-release outcomes in individuals with criminal justice involvement. While few studies included SDOH components, many investigators recognized SDOH needs as competing priorities among justice-involved individuals. This review suggests an evidence gap; evidence-based interventions that address OUD and SDOH in the context of criminal justice involvement are urgently needed.
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