Massachusetts: Medication Assisted Treatment Program Name of Facility(s): Old Colony Correctional Center; Boston Pre-release Center; North Eastern Correctional Center; South Middlesex Correctional Center; and Massachusetts Correctional Institutions: Shirley, Shirley Minimum, Concord, Norfolk, Framingham, Cedar Junction; Souza Baranowski Correctional Center, and North Central Correctional Institution-Gardner. (The program is available to all eligible individuals. Individuals at other facilities may be transferred to a facility that offers the program.) Program Name: Medication Assisted Treatment Program Reentry Initiative (MATRI) Overview: The Massachusetts Department of Corrections (MA DOC) has a MAT reentry initiative to provide extended-release naltrexone injections to individuals with substance use disorders upon release. The program also ensures that participants are matched with a community-provider agency to establish a coordinated transition, and ensure continuity of treatment. The MAT program is currently offered in nine institutions that are considered home sites where staff implement the overall treatment and injections protocol. If incarcerated individuals from additional institutions are eligible for the program, the MA DOC re-classifies them to one of the nine institutions. This program is administered by Spectrum Health Services Correctional Treatment Division and the Massachusetts Partnership for Correctional Healthcare. Individuals in the MAT program receive an extended-release naltrexone injection seven days prior to release. Funding: Massachusetts Department of Corrections Eligibility: All individuals admitted into the correctional facilities are assessed using the Texas Christian University drug screening tool and a Corrections Department Needs Assessment. Extended-release injectable naltrexone Medication(s): Psychosocial Services: Throughout the duration of incarceration, participants receive individual counseling once per month and group counseling once per week. Once released, participants continue to receive individual and group counseling, with the frequency determined by a counselor. Participants in the MAT program engage with a treatment team 90 days prior Reentry Services: to release to discuss discharge and continued treatment. The individual receives supported case management by special Recovery Support Navigators for up to one year after release. Point of Contact(s): Jaileen Hopkins Director of Program Services Massachusetts Department of Correction
Massachusetts: Medication Assisted Treatment Program Name of Facility(s): Old Colony Correctional Center; Boston Pre-release Center; North Eastern Correctional Center; South Middlesex Correctional Center; and Massachusetts Correctional Institutions: Shirley, Shirley Minimum, Concord, Norfolk, Framingham, Cedar Junction; Souza Baranowski Correctional Center, and North Central Correctional Institution-Gardner. (The program is available to all eligible individuals. Individuals at other facilities may be transferred to a facility that offers the program.) Program Name: Medication Assisted Treatment Program Reentry Initiative (MATRI) Overview: The Massachusetts Department of Corrections (MA DOC) has a MAT reentry initiative to provide extended-release naltrexone injections to individuals with substance use disorders upon release. The program also ensures that participants are matched with a community-provider agency to establish a coordinated transition, and ensure continuity of treatment. The MAT program is currently offered in nine institutions that are considered home sites where staff implement the overall treatment and injections protocol. If incarcerated individuals from additional institutions are eligible for the program, the MA DOC re-classifies them to one of the nine institutions. This program is administered by Spectrum Health Services Correctional Treatment Division and the Massachusetts Partnership for Correctional Healthcare. Individuals in the MAT program receive an extended-release naltrexone injection seven days prior to release. Funding: Massachusetts Department of Corrections Eligibility: All individuals admitted into the correctional facilities are assessed using the Texas Christian University drug screening tool and a Corrections Department Needs Assessment. Medication(s): Extended-release injectable naltrexone Psychosocial Services: Throughout the duration of incarceration, participants receive individual counseling once per month and group counseling once per week. Once released, participants continue to receive individual and group counseling, with the frequency determined by a counselor. Reentry Services: Participants in the MAT program engage with a treatment team 90 days prior to release to discuss discharge and continued treatment. The individual receives supported case management by special Recovery Support Navigators for up to one year after release. Point of Contact(s): Jaileen Hopkins Director of Program Services Massachusetts Department of Correction