Flooded with addicted inmates and challenged by lawsuits, most county jails struggle to adjust and treat the opioid health crisis. It turned many jails into an area with the largest drug treatment and pain centers. To get a handle on the issue, jails are adding a form of management for medication treatment to help inmates detox quickly from opioids and remain clean behind bars. The detox process while in jail could even help them after release. However, there are deeper concerns about the abuse of treatment drugs that may affect the detox quickly while in jail. They worry about the costs and efficacy of programs that the jails were not…
