ArticleBMC global and public health2024
Adverse effects of criminal legal system involvement: a qualitative study examining the role of incarceration and reentry on substance use trajectories among women with opioid use disorders.
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- Influence of gender discrimination on the mental health of females inmates: a systematic review.Revista espanola de sanidad penitenciariaPooled it
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- Learning from lived experiences to address public health concerns in incarceration and community corrections.BMC global and public health · 2025Article
- The role of micro-, meso-, and macro-level stigma on the uptake of medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) among women in the criminal legal system.BMC women's health · 2025Article
- The benefits and potential biases of lived experience in substance use treatment services.Journal of social work practice in the addictions · 2025Article
- MENTAL HEALTH CARE BARRIERS FOR WOMEN INVOLVED IN THE CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM WITH SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS: A Qualitative Study.Criminal justice and behavior · 2025Article
- Substance use disorders, severe mental illness and risk of reoffending among women released from prison: a national cohort study.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Just an unfair score: Perceptions of gender inequity in the treatment of substance use disorders among women involved in the criminal legal system.Journal of substance use and addiction treatment · 2025Article
- Challenges and recommendations for overdose prevention and harm reduction in an era of fentanyl and xylazine: Perspectives of women with opioid use disorder and professionals.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2024Article
- Housing instability and economic insecurity across the continuum of active substance use, treatment, and recovery among women involved in the criminal legal system.Women's health (London, England)Article
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backgroundWomen with substance use disorders (SUDs) often experience adversity related to incarceration and reentry that can impact their substance use outcomes. This study aims to examine the adverse effects of incarceration and reentry on substance use outcomes among women with a history of opioid use disorder (OUD).
methodsWe carried out 42 semi-structured interviews (May-July 2022) with women with a history of criminal legal involvement and OUD (n = 20), criminal legal professionals (n = 10), and SUD treatment professionals (n = 12). The interviews focused on women's substance use trajectories, barriers to treatment, and the intersection of the criminal legal system and treatment. None of the women were presently incarcerated during their interviews.
resultsParticipants expressed the severe adverse impact of criminal legal involvement on women with OUD. Many women felt traumatized by experiencing detox while incarcerated, especially as they received minimal aid for withdrawal symptoms. Women seeking recovery while incarcerated felt unsupported, being afforded few treatment options, and experiencing stigma. Reentering society after incarceration also posed significant challenges to women's individual recovery goals. Reentry-related challenges such as returning to unsupportive environments, facing difficulties finding employment, lacking secure housing, and facing the stigma of incarceration triggered adverse outcomes, such as relapse among those who were seeking to avoid illicit substances.
conclusionsFindings suggest a need to evaluate detox protocols, medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) access, and stigma in the criminal legal system. Interventions facilitating women's reentry, reducing the combined stigma of incarceration and OUD, and restoring agency for women with OUD are also needed.
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