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April 26, 2012 | Program Result Report
Through its MOMobile at Riverside program, the Maternity Care Coalition in Philadelphia provided education and support services to female inmates who were pregnant and/or mothers of young children. RWJF supported the program from 2006 through 2010.
March 15, 2012 | Journal Article
Former inmates face many challenges in the post-release period as drug use and the risk of overdose is highly prevalent due to lack of social support, exposure to drugs in their environment, financial trouble, and difficulty integrating back into the community.
November 14, 2011 | Story
Programs provide health care to recently released inmates in the Bay area and uninsured patients in Albuquerque.
August 23, 2010 | Story
San Francisco physician receives 2010 RWJF Community Health Leader Award for work with ex-offenders and their families.
August 27, 2009 | Program Result Report
An electronic database and map of reentry services available to prisoners returning from New York City's jails to communities in its five boroughs finds services are often inaccessible.
March 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Women in jail are more likely to suffer from medical, psychiatric and drug dependence than incarcerated men, although men suffer more alcohol dependence, according to a survey of U.S. inmates.
February 3, 2010 | Journal Article
This article examines the relationship between a history of incarceration and access to medical care. Inmates have a higher burden of chronic disease than the general public and face disruptions in health care both during and after incarceration. Little is known about ex-offenders' use of medical care following incarceration.
October 31, 2008 | Program Result Report
Staff at Family Justice designed and implemented a comprehensive database designed to support its approach to improving the health and well-being of formerly incarcerated individuals and their families in New York.
October 1, 2000 | Program Result Report
New York University and Columbia University planned, implemented, and evaluated a demonstration program designed to reduce substance-abuse relapse and criminal recidivism among felony offenders released from prison.
February 23, 2006 | Program Result Report
The Hunter College Center on AIDS, Drugs and Community Health designed and ran Health Link, which provided in-jail and post-release services to women and adolescent inmates ages 16 to 18 at New York City's Rikers Island correctional complex.