“We Walk Through It Together”: The Importance of Peer Support for Formerly Incarcerated Women's Success

Heidemann, Gretchen; Cederbaum, Julie A.; Martinez, Sidney

doi:10.1080/10509674.2014.944741

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“…Reviews of strategies to support justice-involved women rated interventions that include forensic peer support as promising (Heiss, Somers, & Larson, 2016) and having a medium-to-high impact (Dorn et al, 2018). These ratings are supported by early studies which have observed that justice-involved people who work with forensic peers are very satisfied with peers (Baron, 2011), have increased predicted life satisfaction (Heidemann et al, 2014), decreased rates of emergency department utilization (Wang et al, 2012), and decreased substance misuse and offending rates (Mowen & Boman IV, 2018). In addition, forensic peers providing services report positive self-reflection as part of being able to "give back" (Baron, 2011) and increased self-esteem, prosocial behavior, and social connectedness (Heidemann, Cederbaum, Martinez, & LeBel, 2016).…”

Section: Peer-supported Recovery For Justice-involved Womensupporting

confidence: 55%

“…The ROAR CRM specific model includes assisting woman in establishing recovery goals and identifying barriers to achieving those goals early on. More specifically, the ROAR CRM aids with ongoing assessment of safe and stable housing along with the continued goals of supporting pro-social behaviors and addressing criminogenic risk factors such as criminal thinking and antisocial attitudes and beliefs (Heidemann, Cederbaum, & Martinez, 2014). ROAR CRMs work within the principled framework of recovery-oriented, person-centered, relationship-focused and trauma-informed care and encourage strong social networks.…”

Section: Peer-supported Recovery For Justice-involved Womenmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Study data are collected and managed using Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap) tools hosted at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU). REDCap (is a secure, web-based software platform designed to support data capture for research studies, providing 1) an intuitive interface for validated data capture; 2) audit trails for tracking data manipulation and export procedures; 3) automated export procedures for seamless data downloads to common statistical packages; and 4) procedures for data integration and interoperability with external sources (Harris et al, 2009;Harris et al, 2019).…”

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Reducing overdose after release from incarceration (ROAR): study protocol for an intervention to reduce risk of fatal and non-fatal opioid overdose among women after release from prison

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Background: Drug overdose is the leading cause of death after release from prison, and this risk is significantly higher among women compared to men. Within the first 2 weeks after release, the risk of death from drug overdose is 12.7 times higher than the general population, with risk of death further elevated among females. Although female inmates have higher rates of opioid use disorder and post-release overdose fatality, justiceinvolved women are under-represented in studies of medications for opioid use disorder. The Reducing Overdose After Release from Incarceration (ROAR) pilot intervention and evaluation (recruitment June 2019 through December 2020) aims to reduce opioid overdose among women released to the community following incarceration in state prison. The evaluation further assesses induction, acceptance and effectiveness of extended release naltrexone in a female post-prison population. Methods/design: In the week prior to their release, female adults in custody with moderate to severe opioid use disorder start treatment with extended release naltrexone, an injectable opioid antagonist that blocks the effects of opioids for up to 1 month. All ROAR participants receive training to use naloxone rescue kits and are provided nasal naloxone at release. Ongoing support from a certified recovery mentor to facilitate sustained engagement with treatment for substance use disorders begins in the month prior to release from prison and continues for 6 months in community. We evaluate the association between ROAR participation and the primary outcome of opioid overdose. Using administrative data provided by the Oregon Department of Corrections and the Oregon Health Authority, we compare the odds of overdose among ROAR participants versus a comparison group of females released from prison during the study period. Evaluation activities in community includes survey and qualitative interviews for 6 months post release, as well as a review of clinic records to assess retention on medication among the pilot cohort (N = 100).

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Section: Peer-supported Recovery For Justice-involved Womensupporting

confidence: 55%

Section: Peer-supported Recovery For Justice-involved Womenmentioning

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Reducing overdose after release from incarceration (ROAR): study protocol for an intervention to reduce risk of fatal and non-fatal opioid overdose among women after release from prison

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“…In addition, and importantly for the current effort, the reciprocal conditioning effect between family support and criminal peers is implicit in previously suggested reentry‐based policy recommendations. To date, the findings from at least three studies (Boehm, ; Hiedemann, Cederbaum, and Martinez, ; Wilson, Bouffard, and MacKenzie, ; also see the summary of Martinez, ) have provided rich discussions on how a prosocial peer‐to‐peer program would be a boon for those who lack support from normative family groups during reentry. Inherent in these authors’ similar policy suggestions is the recognition that offenders do not reenter a community that has clearly defined partitions between the institutions of family and friends.…”

Section: Independence and Interdependence: Joint Role Of Family And Pmentioning

confidence: 99%

Building the Ties that Bind, Breaking the Ties that Don't

Boman

Mowen

2017

Criminology & Public Policy

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Research Summary Although family support is an important protective factor against recidivism, less is known about how the domain of family works with other elements of the risk–need–responsivity model. By using the Serious and Violent Offenders Reentry Initiative (SVORI) data, we explore whether family and criminal peers have (a) independent and (b) interdependent effects on substance abuse and crime after release from prison. The outcomes of multilevel models demonstrate that the risk factor of criminal peers is as strong, or stronger, of a predictor of substance abuse and crime as is the protective factor of family support for offenders during reentry. Policy Implications Institution‐based policies aimed primarily at improving family ties for reentering offenders must begin focusing as much on peers as they do on family. These programs should instead focus on improving family ties (thereby increasing a protective factor) while focusing on severing the offender's relationships with criminally inclined friends (thereby decreasing a risk factor).

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“…This study therefore supports corrections that focus on offenders' perceptions through therapy or counseling programs (Wilson, Bouffard, & Mackenzie, 2005) in order to explore viable options for identity transformation. In this way, peer-to-peer programs (Heidemann et al, 2014) may facilitate successful reentry, perhaps especially when familial ties have been broken. Prison-based counseling and treatment can provide skills prior to release, and mentoring could enhance coordination of services (see Ekunwe & Jones, 2011;Zaitzow & Jones, 2013).…”

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