The Effects of Incarceration and Reentry on Community Health and Well-Being Proceedings of a Workshop (2020) / Chapter Skim
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6 Promising Practices and Models for Reentry
6 Promising Practices and Models for Reentry
Pages 43-54
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(Neff) • Harm-reduction interventions, including syringe-access pro grams, naloxone training and distribution, Good Samaritan laws, safe injection facilities, and low-threshold medication assisted treatment save lives and help people build the c apacity to stay out of jail.
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More than 40 percent of those 44,000 people will be reincarcerated within 3 years, Neff said. "Something isn't working about what we've been doing to try to support people in reintegrating into communities." The highest rates, by far, of reincarceration are for probation/parole violations, often for positive drug screens, including marijuana, even though marijuana has been largely decriminalized in the city, Neff observed.
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Instead of receiving piecemeal services of housing, employment, behavioral health care, and physical health care, people should be able to come to a one-stop shop where they
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She also encouraged those who have been involved in the decriminalization of marijuana to turn their attention to other substances that negatively affect criminalization in vulnerable communities. HARM REDUCTION Harm reduction is important before incarceration, during incarceration, and after release, said Scott Burris, professor of law and public health at Temple University, where he directs the Center for Public Health Law Research.
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Drug decriminalization is also a major factor, whether that consists of not arresting people for marijuana use, changes in prosecutorial discretion, or change in the law. Legal barriers to drug treatment in prisons, along with "folk law" in prison or jail systems, could be changed to help people deal with substance abuse issues.
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They exist throughout Europe and are rapidly spreading across Canada. They have reduced overdose deaths, HIV risk behaviors, public drug use, and street needle litter and have increased access to HIV treatment and drug treatment access.
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As Burris noted, no model other than totalitarian regimes has been able to stop substance abuse. On the contrary, the idea that substance abuse can be stopped raises a large moral hazard, in that the effort to limit access to opioids has driven many people to buy street drugs.
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Employment is a basic necessity to meet daily needs and is important for social identity, self-esteem, and mental and physical health. However, people with criminal records encounter stigma, occupational restrictions, and legal liabilities related to their employment in addition to more general barriers, such as geographical mismatches between their homes and work, few resources for job search, lower educational attainment, and limited work history.
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If people could be "told about where these job clusters are," said Sugie, "that might be a good way for reentry service providers to provide information about job searches that would improve employment outcomes." Sugie has also investigated whether peer-based online "job clubs" improve reentry experiences. Half of the people in her study were assigned to a group-based text messaging forum that connected them to each other to provide peer-based support for job searches.
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They may test positive, or they may be fearful of testing positive and avoid reporting in, which means that they enter absconder status and can be reincarcerated for that reason. In addition, marijuana stays in the system longer than any other drug, so people can do hard drugs and 2 days later test clean.
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PROMISING PRACTICES AND MODELS FOR REENTRY 53 Maybe we should be looking to Europe and saying, "If someone has been arrest-free for 5 years since their conviction, we are going to seal that ecord completely." We are not going to put it on landlords and r e mployers and higher education institutions to screen those people and take on that risk.
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