PRISON METHADONE: York County Prison aims to soon offer methadone to incarcerated people with opioid use disorder. According to the York Dispatch (paywall), the Prison Board of Inspectors approved the move this week, pending solicitor review. The change comes after a York County Prison inmate died of an overdose in March. Hundreds of thousands of people nationwide use methadone as part of addiction treatment. (Spotlight PA)
The Opioid Crisis Action Network (OCAN) has pushed for PA to implement a best practices medication assisted treatment program in every county and state prison in the state. Real progress is being made with much work still to do.