Health

Comprehensive access to medical and behavioral health treatments, as well as basic needs resources and benefits should be made available to populations at risk of overdose and incarceration in order to decrease burden of disease.

Substance Use

• UPDATED Drug User Health Resource Guide (NCDHHS 2024)
• 2024 Companion Infographic Report: Results from the 2021 to 2024 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health (SAMHSA)

Health Services During or After Incarceration

• The Dignity for Women Who are Incarcerated Act (NC General Assembly 2021)
  • This document outlines requirements for the provision of health services to women who are incarcerated such as access to menstrual products, resources while pregnant and protocols for detention center staff engagement with incarcerated persons.
  • See Incarcerated Women’s Health for more information.
• North Carolina Jail Health Toolkit (NCDHHS 2025)
  • North Carolina Jail Health Toolkit Appendix (NCDHHS 2025)

Communicable Disease

• Preparing and Responding to Measles: Checklist for Correctional Facilities
• Measles Immunity Record Template for Non-healthcare Congregate Setting 
• Sample Measles Notification Templates for Congregate Setting

Health Policy

• One in Five: Racial Disparity in Imprisonment – Causes and Remedies (2022 Report by The Sentencing Project)
• The Clean Slate Act: A Pathway to Criminal Justice Reform