Five central Ohio correctional institutions have received a combined total of nearly $1 million in state grants to support ...

STAR, or Sobriety Treatment Assisted Recovery, is a unique collaboration of the Winnebago County Jail, the Department of ...

Cuyahoga County’s withdrawal and recovery pod is helping inmates detox safely, build community and leave with a real chance ...

The Porter County Jail lost grant funding for its longtime Chemical Dependency and Addictions program, but the clinic ...

For men battling years-long addictions, a medication-assisted treatment program offers therapy and peer support. Early data ...

The St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office has introduced a grant-funded opioid addiction education course, using money received ...

Tall tale: A guy who hasn't used narcotics in over a decade gets kidney stones and the doctor won't provide him with pain killers - so he gets his own, ends up in jail where they give him Demerol, ...

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A University of Massachusetts Amherst public health researcher has received four grants totaling $17.9 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to continue groundbreaking research that ...

Armstrong County received a $150,000 grant to expand the county jail’s Medication Assistance Treatment (MAT) program, the office of Rep. Joseph Petrarca announced Wednesday. The program provides drug ...

A jail in Virginia has found a way to break the cycle of recidivism, where people relapse into criminal behavior and end up back behind bars. As Mark Strassmann reports, for many inmates, escaping the ...