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ArticleJournal of correctional health care : the official journal of the National Commission on Correctional Health Care2025

Justice Core: An Innovative Response to Incarceration During Pregnancy in North Carolina.

Andrea K Knittel, Zakiya Stewart, Isabelle Falk, Jamie Jackson, Olivia Neely, Kiswanna Muse, Essence Hairston, Hendree E Jones, David L Rosen

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Article in Journal of correctional health care : the official journal of the National Commission on Correctional Health Care, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Andrea K KnittelDivision of General Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Midwifery, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4292-3255
Zakiya StewartCenter for Women's Health Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
Isabelle FalkGillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
Jamie JacksonCenter for Women's Health Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
Olivia NeelySchool of Social Work, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
Kiswanna MuseCenter for Women's Health Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
Essence HairstonHorizons, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
Hendree E JonesHorizons, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
David L RosenDivision of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.

Funding

Advancing womens reproductive health through research: the UNC WRHR Career Development ProgramK12HD103085 · NICHD · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI Benjamin H. Chi, Genevieve S. Neal-Perry · 2020 to 2026
$2.1M
NICHD NIH HHS K12 HD103085
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Incarceration during pregnancy is a pressing public health issue, but interventions to minimize harms for this population are not frequently described in the literature. We developed Justice Core, a pretrial diversion intervention for pregnant people with substance use disorders (SUDs), to minimize exposure to incarceration during pregnancy and increase access to SUD treatment. The intervention was feasible and acceptable to referring jail staff. In parallel, we conducted a needs assessment and identified an estimated 1,220 to 1,461 annual incarcerations during pregnancy among 77 responding jails (80% of North Carolina jails), and an estimated prevalence of perinatal SUDs of 66%. The Justice Core model of diversion into SUD treatment holds promise as a means to limit the duration and extent of incarceration, with a potential concomitant reduction in the harms experienced by pregnant people with SUD in jails and prisons.

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Pregnancy ComplicationsPrisonersPrisonsSubstance-Related DisordersAdultFemaleHumansIncarcerationNorth CarolinaPregnancycorrectional health carejailpregnancysubstance use disorder

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PMID40955750
PMCPMC13070431

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