Federal limitations on the use of Medicaid to cover health care in jails and prisons are a challenge to treating addiction among inmates.
New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker is so impressed by the Camden County Correctional Facility’s programs to treat addiction among incarcerated people that he wants the nation to follow its example.
The county jail also screens every newly incarcerated person for substance use disorder and, if they ask for treatment, aims to get them on medication within 24 to 48 hours. Previously, most people with opioid addiction were forced to detox, cold-turkey, in jail — as is still the case in many other jails.Colleen Duca, who is currently incarcerated at the county jail, said she also served time there before addiction treatment was available.
Since 2019, Camden County has spent more than $1.2 million on addiction treatment medications for more than 3,500 inmates, paid for mostly through state grants, Warden Karen Taylor. Sublocade, a version of buprenorphine delivered in the form of a monthly shot, costs the jail $1,800 for a single dose. Many patients prefer it because they don’t have to take a daily medication.
“Corrections is the single largest expense in Camden County. We need changes in the federal legislation,” County Commissioner Jeff Nash told Booker.apply for a waiver to use Medicaid
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