Podcast episode on Somerset County Jail's innovative addiction treatment program and its impact on inmates and the rural community.

Somerset County Jail's extended-release buprenorphine program results in higher treatment retention and no overdose deaths post-release, compared to daily medication models.

To combat the rising numbers of individuals with SUD, jails across the country have begun implementing jail-based programming to help incarcerated individuals as they seek recovery, reduce recidivism, and reduce the chances of overdose upon release. This brief is one in a series highlighting projects that are part of the Rural Responses to the Opioid Epidemic (RROE) project.