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. 2020 Dec:119:108147.
doi: 10.1016/j.jsat.2020.108147. Epub 2020 Sep 25.

Access to substance use disorder treatment during COVID-19: Implications from reduced local jail populations

Erkmen G Aslim  1 , Murat C Mungan  2
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Access to substance use disorder treatment during COVID-19: Implications from reduced local jail populations

Erkmen G Aslim et al. J Subst Abuse Treat. 2020 Dec.

Abstract

Many states have responded to the spread of COVID-19 by implementing policies which have led to a dramatic reduction in jail populations. We consider the benefits associated with providing the population of individuals who would, but for these policies, be incarcerated with substance use disorder (SUD) treatment. We discuss problems that may prevent this population from receiving SUD treatment as well as policies which may mitigate these problems.

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Cumulative Local Jail Population, January 1, 2020–May 1, 2020. Note: The sample includes a balanced panel of 56 local jails. Data were obtained from the Jail Data Initiative of Public Safety Lab at NYU (https://publicsafetylab.org/jail-data-initiative).
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