Community Workers Strive To Keep Former Inmates Out Of Prison By Focusing On Their Health Needs

“We’ve always known incarceration is bad for health,” said Leah G. Pope, director of the substance use and mental health program at the Vera Institute of Justice, a research and advocacy group. “But in an age of increasing attention to justice reform and health care reform, the two are increasingly connected.”

from Kaiser Health News https://ift.tt/2ky9HpY