U.S. Department of Justice

Barred from Treatment: Punishment of Drug Users in New York State Prisons

Publication year: 2009 | Cataloged on: Apr. 16, 2009

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  • 023661

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  • 2009
  • 54 pages.

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ANNOTATION: The provision of adequate health services to drug abusing prisoners in New York State's correctional facilities is examined. Sections of this report are: executive summary; recommendations; methodology; background; legal obligations -- access to drug dependence treatment in prison; findings -- lack of access to evidence-based treatment for opioid dependence, risk of overdose, barriers to access to available substance abuse treatment, lack of access to harm reduction services, and disciplinary measures for drug use and possession in prison; and conclusion.
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