Butler County Jail's reentry program uses community partnerships for post-classification assessment, post-release action plans, and inmate advocacy.

Utah's Intermountain Health team discusses jail-based programs that reduce recidivism and opioid deaths, and share strategies for community engagement and program replication.

A couple of years ago, the Sandusky County Jail was the first in Ohio to launch a program called IGNITE, which stands for Inmate Growth Naturally and Intentionally through Education. IGNITE started in 2020 at a county jail in Flint, Michigan. The sheriff there wanted to shift the jail’s culture and reduce the rate of people returning to jail. So they started offering courses to teach skills like financial literacy and parenting. Since then, the National Sheriff’s Association has adopted the program and has spread to more than 25 jails nationwide.

Best practice and policy recommendations to guide state and local courts in their development, operation, and assessment of court-system responses to the opioid epidemic.

This brief outlines the legal framework on the right to adequate care and treatment for medical, mental health, and substance-related conditions in jails. The brief also highlights the findings of original research on litigation related to deaths in jail custody and provides recommendations for reform.