INTRODUCTION: The State of Florida has an incarceration rate of 870 per 100,00 adult residents (Minton et al., 2021). Post-release this population faces a higher mortality rate due to drug overdose by a factor of 3.5, which does not return to the general population baseline even after nine weeks post-release (Binswanger et al., 2007). Post-release this population may not receive adequate care for their substance use disorder (SUD), which contributes to poor health outcomes and recidivism (Kendall et al., 2018). The Florida Department of Corrections shows that the 3-year recidivism rate of people released in 2017 is 24.1% (Florida Department of Corrections, 2020).
OBJECTIVE: The goal of this landscape analysis is to identify re-entry programs that offer substance use services within the State of Florida.
METHODS: Using Florida Department of Corrections data, we tabulated the number of substance use service organizations and the count of "other" services offered, and displayed these services by county using a geographic information system (GIS).
RESULTS: SUD organizations provided an average of 20.5 additional services and a median of 13.5 services.
CONCLUSION: The literature suggests that substance use recovery, employment, housing, and food intake are competing priorities that impact health (Dong et al., 2018). Organizations that provide multiple services may ease the stress of re-entry and overcoming competing priorities. This project hopes to inform the availability of SUD and other services throughout Florida in hopes to reduce mortality and recidivism of formerly incarcerated people.
