According to the 2016 Massachusetts opioid death assessment ... a small naltrexone pilot program, federal prisons do not provide any anti-addiction medication at all. This poses a special problem ...

Research has shown that providing medication treatment in jail and prison can prevent relapse and reduce risk of overdose upon release. A number of jails and prisons around the country are ...

The agreement will eventually allow all infected prisoners to receive a costly but highly effective medication to treat a progressive disease that infects a large portion of the state’s prison ...

Timothy York knows what works to treat his decadeslong opioid addiction: Suboxone, a medication that effectively quiets cravings. Since York arrived in federal prison in 2008, he has been held ...

Recent significant legal developments may convince jails and prisons throughout the nation ... who died in custody without being administered medication or any other treatment for opioid withdrawal.

All new prisons will have "airport-style" security and every inmate will be assessed for addiction under plans to keep drugs out of jails. Drug dogs and hand-held scanner wands will be deployed at ...

Some Massachusetts state prisons began administering medication to treat opioid addiction in newly arriving inmates as part of a new law that took effect on Monday -- a groundbreaking new program ...

Utah’s two state prisons are in the midst of a “crisis” after the rollout of a new medical records system resulted in inmates missing medication refills, officials said. By Kolbie Peterson ...

And second, to strike down the corrections policy on involuntary medication as unconstitutional, which could affect many people in state custody with mental illness. During a press conference ...