Purpose: Women confined to jail experience high rates of various health and social issues. This study surveys the effects of previous social and health characteristics and the types of services received in community aftercare for approximately 193 women who were previous drug users released from a jail in New York City into two low income communities.
For the results of the rearrest rates of the program, the participants were compared to a group of women who were not qualified for services because they lived outside the targeted communities. Women who joined in residential programs with an onsite drug treatment as well as other offered social services, after being released from jail, were compared to women who were release, however, joined …show more content…
Women are requested or encouraged to join these groups by their correctional staff, health care workers, and by other women that are currently in the program as well. These groups are open to all women regardless of their criminal history or their place of residence prior to their arrest. Participants who plan to live in Health Link’s communities, located in the South Bronx or Harlem, are strongly encouraged to continue in the program after they are release from jail. Health Link is a voluntary program different from alternatives to incarceration. They are usually required by the courts or require other programs for all inmates.
In 1994 and 1995, a total of 211 women agreed to continue their membership in the program after they were release. The Health Link case worker interviewing the women asked them about their demographic characteristics, drug and criminal histories, medical problems, and related social and health concerns. After the interviews, the Health Link case worker and the client developed a discharge plan. The discharge plan included the selection of one, of more than 15 community-based programs, that the case worker and client determined would best meet the specific needs of the
For the results of the rearrest rates of the program, the participants were compared to a group of women who were not qualified for services because they lived outside the targeted communities. Women who joined in residential programs with an onsite drug treatment as well as other offered social services, after being released from jail, were compared to women who were release, however, joined …show more content…
Women are requested or encouraged to join these groups by their correctional staff, health care workers, and by other women that are currently in the program as well. These groups are open to all women regardless of their criminal history or their place of residence prior to their arrest. Participants who plan to live in Health Link’s communities, located in the South Bronx or Harlem, are strongly encouraged to continue in the program after they are release from jail. Health Link is a voluntary program different from alternatives to incarceration. They are usually required by the courts or require other programs for all inmates.
In 1994 and 1995, a total of 211 women agreed to continue their membership in the program after they were release. The Health Link case worker interviewing the women asked them about their demographic characteristics, drug and criminal histories, medical problems, and related social and health concerns. After the interviews, the Health Link case worker and the client developed a discharge plan. The discharge plan included the selection of one, of more than 15 community-based programs, that the case worker and client determined would best meet the specific needs of the