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Public Policy Solution #8
Special Needs of Women with Addiction Histories Who Are Under the Supervision of the Criminal Justice System Must be Addressed
Research demonstrates that to be most effective programs need to consider the unique needs of women with addiction histories who are reentering the community from the criminal justice system. Increasingly more women are being incarcerated for nonviolent drug offenses, and like their male counterparts many of these women’s crimes are related to alcohol/ drug use and untreated addiction.
Developed by the Legal Action Center in Collaboration with the National Institute on
Drug Abuse (NIDA), National Institutes of Health/
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services