The Jailhouse Epidemic: Burke County Jail's Struggle With Drug Addiction

Webthe federal bureau of justice statistics (bjs) reported that from 2001 to 2018, the number of people dying of drug or alcohol intoxication in state prisons.

A new study by a group including several massachusetts general hospital researchers examined a set of.

Webabout 58 percent of people in state prisons and about 63 percent of those sentenced in jails meet the definition for drug dependence or misuse, compared to 5.

Webat the somerset county jail in rural maine, prisoners addicted to opioids used to receive a daily pill to keep cravings in check.

Drug overdoses kill more than 64,000 people per year, and the nation’s life expectancy has fallen for two.

But as soon as they were released, their.

Webhowever, the problem has not eased but gotten worse.

Webthe opioid crisis is the worst addiction epidemic in american history.

Legal settlements could provide local and state.

Webeven outside of prisons and jails, drug overdose deaths are at historic levels, according to federal data released on wednesday.