21-04-2025
Drug treatment experts reach out to help inmates in New Mexico jails
Drug and law experts are working to provide more help to treat addiction in inmates with short-term stays in jail. Project ECHO is a program developed with the University of New Mexico, they are helping to connect drug treatment experts and services with the people who need them.
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According to the organization, 60% of people incarcerated in jails struggle with substance abuse. While efforts have been made in prisons to treat inmates with addiction issues, some of those same efforts have not been seen in jails. It's a change that Project ECHO is working to address. 'Jail staff and administrators are reporting to us that they're seeing better outcomes,' Assistant Professor of Family and Community Medicine at UNM Nathan Birnbaum said.
Project ECHO began its outreach to jails around New Mexico last summer.
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