Behavioral health service use post‐jail release and reduced risk of return to jail

Bibliographic Data

ID11044583
AuthorsJoseph L Smith (0000-0001-7738-2631, HealthCore, Inc. Wilmington Delaware USA), Utsha G Khatri (0000-0002-7023-0042, Emergency Medicine, Population Health Science and Policy, Global Health Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai New York New York USA), Oluwatoyin Olubiyi (Philadelphia Department of Public Health Philadelphia Pennsylvania USA), Trevor R Hadley (University of Pennsylvania), Trevor Hadley (Perelman School of Medicine University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia Pennsylvania USA), Suet Lim (Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services Philadelphia Pennsylvania USA), David S Mandell (0000-0001-8240-820X, University of Pennsylvania), David Mandell (Perelman School of Medicine University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia Pennsylvania USA), Christina D Kang‐Yi (0000-0002-0003-5612, Perelman School of Medicine University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia Pennsylvania USA, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume50
Issue7
Pages3044-3053
Publication date2022-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Community Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-4392 • E-ISSN: 1520-6629
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/jcop.22813
PMID35132631
OpenAlexW4210883881
LanguageEN
References cited23

This study examined whether behavioral health service use post‐jail release was associated with reduced risk of jail reincarceration. The study sample included 20,615 individuals who had behavioral health diagnoses and were released from the Philadelphia County jail. Using administrative records of the county jail and state‐, county‐, and Medicaid‐funded behavioral health service use from 2010 to 2018, we conducted Cox proportional hazard analyses to estimate the association between behavioral health service use post‐jail release and the risk of return to jail within 3 years. Nearly 50% of the sample returned to jail within 3 years. Individuals who used behavioral health services were 26%–38% less likely to return to jail within 3 years than were individuals who did not. The study results suggest that connecting individuals with behavioral health services upon release from jail can reduce the risk of repeated jail incarceration

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