Changes to federal law allows Medicaid to provide health and other services to people exiting prisons. California and some other states are making use of the program, but expansion efforts will depend on the Trump administration.
As overdose deaths rise among older adults, Baltimore's REACH Health Services offers groundbreaking addiction care for seniors that combines medication with intensive peer support. Plus a look back at a historic fight against solitary confinement. And more.
A major policy shift in Pennsylvania now allows opioid settlement funds for public defenders, a move that could transform how counties address addiction and the legal system.
The Clean Slate program in San Diego provides gang tattoo removal benefits to formerly incarcerated individuals, helping them reduce stigma.
An investigation has documented dozens of cases where people with severe mental illness, many of whom were jailed during a crisis, have starved or died from neglect in U.S. county jails.
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