For Opioid-Addicted Inmates, More Jails Rely On Vivitrol
Untreated inmates are 12 times more likely to overdose in the first two weeks after they are released. But one drug may offer a solution.
Sixty-five percent of the U.S. prison population is addicted to drugs or alcohol, but only 11 percent receive treatment, according to a study by the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse.
Germaine Jackson is one of those inmates. A recovering alcoholic, he was one of thousands to fall victim to the national opioid epidemic.
“It got to the point where I
