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Our regular review of important research includes “Cost Analysis of MOUD Implementation and Sustainability in Massachusetts Jails,” by Danielle Ryan, Don Lochana Ekanayake, Elizabeth Evans, Edmond Hayes, Thomas Senst, Peter D. Friedmann, Kathryn E. McCollister, & Sean M. Murphy, published in 13-Health & Justice-9 (2025); Keywords: Medications for Opioid Use Disorder; Jail Implementation Costs; Sustainability Planning; “Hepatitis A Exposure Response and Outbreak Prevention in a Large Urban Jail—Los Angeles County, California, May–July 2023,” by Nazia S. Qureshi, Alma J. Villatoro, Ngoc Dung T. Tran, Sulma J. Herrera, Stephen P. Judge, Ling Fang, Sean O. Henderson, & Kristy A. Stanley, published in 73(6)-Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report-131 (2024); Keywords: Hepatitis A; Jail Outbreak Response; Mass Vaccination; “Cancer Mortality in Louisiana’s Correctional System, 2015-2021,” by Totadri Dhimal, Paula Cupertino, Zijing Cheng, Erika E. Ramsdale, Bailey K. Hilty Chu, Brian J. Kaplan, Andrea Armstrong, Xueya Cai, Yue Li, Fergal J. Fleming, & Anthony Loria, published in 7-JAMA Network Open-e2446411 (2024); Keywords: Cancer Mortality; Prison Health; Compassionate Release; “County Incarceration Rate and Stroke Death: A Cross‐Sectional Study of the Influence of Physical Environment, Health Care Access, and Community Mental Distress,” by Anders Larrabee Sonderlund, Emily A. Wang, Natasha J. Williams, Carol R. Horowitz, Antoinette Schoenthaler, & Louisa W. Holaday, published in 14-Journal of the American Heart Association-e1 (2025); Keywords: Incarceration Rates; Stroke Mortality; Structural Determinants; “Offering is Not Enough: An Attempt to Increase Infectious Diseases Testing at a Large County Jail in Massachusetts,” by Emily D. Grussing, Taisuke Sato, Alyssa Cabrera, & Alysse G. Wurcel, published in 13-Health & Justice-e1 (2025); Keywords: Opt-Out Testing; HIV and HCV Screening; Jail Intake; “How Foundations of Carceral Health Care Came from a Right to Sue,” by Jorie Braunold, published in 27-AMA Journal of Ethics-e291-297 (2025); Keywords: Correctional Health Standards; Prisoners’ Rights Litigation; Estelle v. Gamble; “Using Time Use Diaries to Assess Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior in Jail Populations,” by Ricky Camplain, Sara Shuman, Adrienne Alonso, Elizabeth Schmitter, Javier Lopez, Amy Gelatt, Rebecca Annorbah, Isabel Fangman, Morgan Occhino, Brooke de Heer, Dirk de Heer, Meredith Brown, Kate Compton-Gore, Travis Pinn, Beya Thayer, Richard Martin, & Linnea Evans, published in 25-BMC Public Health-2503 (2025); Keywords: Sedentary Behavior; Jail Physical Activity; Time-Use Diaries; “The Association between Attitudes and the Provision of Medications for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) in United States Jails,” by Aly Pfaff, Amy Cochran, Jessi Vechinski, Todd Molfenter, & Gabriel Zayas-Cabán, published in 10-Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports-(2024); Keywords: Staff Attitudes; MOUD Cascade of Care; Jail Treatment Access; “Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) and Treatment for Opioid Problems among OUD Symptom Subtypes in Individuals Misusing Opioids,” by Emily A. Miller, Angela M. DeVeaugh-Geiss, & Howard D. Chilcoat, published in 10-Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports-e1 (2024); Keywords: OUD Symptom Subtypes; Treatment Utilization; Health Disparities.

Keywords: Medications for Opioid Use Disorder; Hepatitis A; Jail Outbreak Response; Cancer Mortality; Stroke Mortality; Opt-Out Testing; HIV and HCV Screening; Prisoners’ Rights Litigation; Estelle v. Gamble; Jail Physical Activity; MOUD Cascade of Care

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