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Guest Column: How mental health and substance abuse treatment help incarcerated Tennesseans

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Read the full article at The Tennessean. Changes to telehealth policy enable mental health and substance abuse treatment programs. This is crucial, as the rate of incarceration is increasing the most in rural areas.  About two-thirds of all incarcerated Tennesseans meet the criteria for a diagnosable substance use disorder. This

New Podcast Episode: Criminal Justice Reform

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If there’s one thing Tennesseans can agree on, it’s that the criminal justice system needs some improvements.  In the summer of 2021, the Reentry Success Act and Alternatives to Incarceration Act passed; at the same time telehealth permissions expanded.  Jeremy talks with Judge Duane Slone and Dr. Stephen Loyd about

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