ACCJH Conference 2025
Austin, TX
March 17, 2025
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Conference Summary
The Academic and Health Policy Conference on Correctional Health, hosted by ACCJH and supported by ForHealth Consulting at UMass Chan Medical School, is an annual peer-reviewed conference that highlights emerging research and policy across the criminal legal field and supports the ACCJH mission to improve evidence-based practices and policies to improve the health of justice-involved populations. It is an interdisciplinary conference bringing together researchers, clinicians, public health experts and policymakers to meet this objective.
While the conference accepts proposed presentations or posters for consideration that address a wide array of topics at the intersection of health and criminal legal systems, we are interested in patterns, experiences and outcomes of health service utilization in populations involved in the criminal legal system, including care provided during incarceration and both during and after community reentry. We welcome presentations on ways to effectively address the complex needs of individuals impacted by the criminal legal system
The three-day conference draws participants from more than 150 academic institutions, correctional, healthcare, and policy agencies from around the world.
Conference Schedule
Full conference schedule to be shared in late January. Please check back soon.
ACCJH 2025 at a glance:
Monday, March 17th
- Breakfast 8-9 am
- Opening remarks 9 am
- Keynote Presentation – Anthony Hinton 10 am
- Presentations end 5:15 pm
- Langeloth Scholarship Awards 5:30-6:30 pm
Tuesday, March 18th
- Breakfast 7:30-8:30 am
- Speed Mentoring 8:30-9:30 am
- Posters end 6 pm
Wednesday, March 19th
- Breakfast 7:30-8:30 am
- Sessions 8:30-1 pm
Educational Objectives
Participants will know and/or be able to:
- Learn about emerging research at the intersection of health and the criminal-legal systems and gain skills in applied research and cross-disciplinary and systems collaboration
- Network with a multidisciplinary group of attendees interested in learning and sharing criminal-legal health practices
- Gain new skills to develop academic-criminal legal health partnerships and overcome barriers to research in your agency
- Learn from individuals with lived experience and those working in academic and community agencies
- Reflect on emerging health policy issues in criminal-legal health
Faculty Involved
The 2025 AACJH Conference Planning Committee Includes:
- Alysse Wurcel, MD, MS, Associate Professor of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine
- Brian McGregor, PhD, Morehouse School of Medicine
- Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein, PhD, Associate Professor, Duke Medical School
- Meaghan Dupuis, LMHC, Executive Director, Justice, Health, & Equity, UMass Chan Medical School
- Ekaterina Pivovarova, PhD, Academic Director, Associate Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health, UMass Chan Medical School
- Sarah Bakanosky, Academic Programs and Training Manager, Justice, Health, & Equity, UMass Chan Medical School
Intended Audience
The intended audience for this conference is researchers, clinicians, administrators, students, educators, policy makers, grant funding leaders and community advocates.
Scholarship Recipients
Please check back soon for a list of our 2025 AACJH Scholarship recipients!
Conference Format
- 60-Minute Oral Presentations: 60-minute presentations will be accepted for panels and workshops. We encourage groups working cross-disciplinarily and cross-institutionally to facilitate workshop presentations.
- 20-Minute Oral Presentations: 12-minute presentations with 8 minutes devoted to Q&A focused on completed research, research in progress, findings from program evaluation or quality improvement projects.
- 8-Minute Oral Presentations: 6-minute presentations with 2 minutes Q&A on completed research, research in progress, findings from program evaluation, or quality improvement projects.
- Poster Presentations: The poster format may be used for submissions of research results or other types of communications, e.g., policy, works in progress, research methods, practice transformation, and program evaluation/quality improvement techniques.
Conference Registration
Registration
EARLY BIRD: November 26th – January 2nd
- Individuals: $800.00
- Students: $550.00
Regular Registration: January 3rd – March 1st
- Individuals: $850.00
- Student: $600.00
Register here.
Conference Schedule: Thursday, April 13, 2023
| Thursday, April 13, 2023 | |||||
| 7:30-8:30 a.m. | Registration/Breakfast/Roundtable Discussions Glenwood I&2 | ||||
| 8:30-9:00 am | Welcoming Remarks | ||||
| 9:00-10:15 am | Keynote Presentation: Catalyzing Reform Via Film: The Belly of the Beast Glenwood I&2 | ||||
| 10:15-10:30 am | Break | ||||
| 10:30-11:30 am | 60 Minutes: Track One: Women’s Health Salon A-C | 60 Minutes: Track Two: Community Reentry Salon D | 60 Minutes: Track Three: Juvenile Justice Salon E | 60 Minutes: Track Four: Infectious Disease City of Oaks | 60 Minutes: Track Five: Mental Health Salon F-G |
| Pregnancy and Parenting in Prison: Before, During, and “After” the COVID-19 Pandemic Amanda Corbett MPH | An Examination of a Person-Centered Humanistic Approach to Community Reentry Lina Racicot EdD | Early Lessons Learned from a Multisite Randomized Controlled Trial of Evaluating Methods to Improve Linkage to HIV Prevention and Treatment Services for Persons with Opioid and Stimulant Use Involved in the Justice System: Addressing Risk Through Community Treatment for Infectious diseases and Opioid use disorder Now among justice-involved populations (ACTION)Randi Proffitt, PhD, Sandra Springer, MD, Ank Nijhaan, MD, Kevin Knight, PhD | Lessons Learned from the Clinical Dilemmas during a Large Tuberculosis Outbreak in a State Prison System Lara Strick MD, MS | A trauma and PTSD primer for correctional health professionals Melissa Zielinski PhD | |
| 11:30am-11:45 pm | Break | ||||
| 11:45-12:45 | 15 Minutes: Track One: Implementation Science Salon A-C Moderator: Sadacharan | 15 Minutes: Track Two: Community Reentry Salon D Moderator: Prost | 15 Minutes: Track Three: SUD Salon E Moderator: Vest | 15 Minutes: Track Four: HIV City of Oaks Moderator: Nijihawan | 15 Minutes: Track Five: Mental Health Salon F-G Moderator: Pruette |
| Enablers and barriers in implementing Promoting Integration of Primary and Behavioral Health Care (PIPBHC) in outpatient treatment programs Minerva Francis EdD | Peer Navigation and Service Utilization Upon Reentry into the Community Among Justice-involved Persons Alysse Schultheis MA | The Bureau of Justice Statistics findings on opioid use disorder response practices and treatment in local jails Richard Kluckow DSW | DEPART-CJI: Directly-Observed-Therapy Enhanced Peer-support to Promote Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy among Criminal Justice-Involved Individuals Maxwell Ackerman BS | Mental Healthcare Practices from Entry to Release among Southeastern Jails Elena DiRosa MPH | |
| The Application of Implementation Science Methods in Correctional Health Intervention Research Tonya Van Deinse PhD Melissa Zielinski PhD | Mortality and acute care utilization following prison release among individuals with substance use disorders Peter Treitler MSW | Incarceration Linked to Increased Report of HIV Testing in People Who Inject Drugs in Massachusetts Benjamin Bovell-Ammon MD, MPH | Understanding Justice-Involvement in Individuals Served by Arkansas Crisis Stabilization Units Marley Fradley BS |
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| The Development & Evaluation of a Digital Peer Support Group for Formerly Incarcerated People Will Boles BS Thad Tatum BS, AA Jarrod Wall Lauren Nguyen | Community Health Worker Adherence to Self-Determination Theory in the Women’s Initiative Supporting Health (WISH) Intervention Study Anh-Tho Antoinette Nguyen BA | Cascade of Care in the Justice System: Best Practices and Goals for Agencies Providing Care to Patients Concurrently Navigating Substance Use Disorders and Justice Involvement Kendra Clark PhD | Indications for PrEP in a Justice-Involved Population: Intersection of substance use and sexual risk Ank Nijhawan MD, MPH | A review of the characteristics of male incarcerated persons transferred from North Carolina jails to Central Prison on safekeeping orders for inpatient psychiatric treatment Joseph Williams MD |
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| Implementation of peer support specialists in Florida family dependency drug courts Barbara Andraka-Christou JD, PhD | WORTH Transitions: Factors Impacting Participation in an HIV/STI Prevention Intervention for Women Recently Released from Incarceration With the Health Equity Implementation Framework Karen Johnson PHD | U.S. Jail Administrator and Clinician Perspectives on Medications for Opioid Use Disorder for Pregnant People in Custody Chanel Lee MSPH | Perceived versus actual risk among PrEP indicated persons on community supervision Taylor Krajewski MA | A national epidemiologic profile of tailored mental health services for individuals ordered to treatment by a court O’Dell Johnson PhD |
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| 12:45-1:45 pm | Lunch | ||||
| 1:45-2:45 pm | Poster Session Glenwood Salon III&IV | ||||
| 2:45-3:45 pm | 30 Minutes: Track One: Reproductive Health Salon A-C Moderator: Nowotny | 30 Minutes: Track Two: Policy Reform Salon D Moderator: Reagan | 30 Minutes: Track Three: Community Based Strategies Salon E Moderator: Camplain | 30 Minutes: Track Four: Trauma Informed Care City of Oaks Moderator: Morse | 30 Minutes: Track Five: Substance Use Disorder Treatment Salon F-G Moderator: Bunting |
| Abortion Access for Incarcerated People Martha Paynter RN, PhD | Preparing to Remove the Medicaid Inmate Exclusion: Pre-Release Services in California. Lessons from the Transitions Clinic Network Shira Shavit MD | Community Based Participatory Research in Action: Bringing the Expertise of Lived Experience with the Legal System into the Research Process Tess Drazdowski PhD Michael McCart PhD Rebecca Fix PhD Barbara Oudekerk/Maurer PhD | Trauma, consent, and decision-making in women’s prison: can we imagine a different approach to care? Jennifer James PhD, MSW, MSSP | What does the Department of Justice’s new focus on MOUD access mean for jails, prisons, community members, healthcare providers, and researchers? David Sinkman JD, MSc |
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| Maternal Health and Health Outcomes: New Data Collection Efforts from the Bureau of Justice Statistics Laura Maruschak MA | “Consent for Incarcerated People is a Fallacy”: Correctional Reproductive Healthcare Under the Shadow of the California Eugenics Program Leslie Riddle MPH, Aminah Elster, BSLS | Community-driven strategies for implementing suicide prevention education in jails Melissa Zielinski PhD | Understanding Trauma-Informed Primary Care Focused on Correctional Facilities: A Scoping Review Eilish Scallan MD | What Research and Policies are Needed to Implement Medicaid Reimbursement of Opioid Use Disorder Treatment in Prisons and Jails? Alexandra Duncan DrPH MPH |
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| 3:45-4:00 pm | Break | ||||
| 4:00-5:00 pm | 15 Minutes: Track One: MOUD Salon A-C Moderator: Wurcel | 15 Minutes: Track Two: Aging Populations Salon D Moderator: Brewer | 15 Minutes: Track Three: SUD Salon E Moderator: Taxman | 15 Minutes: Track Four: Data and Policy City of Oaks Moderator: Brinkley-Rubinsten | 15 Minutes: Track Five: Trauma Informed Care and Mental Health Salon F-H Moderator: Cummings |
| Extended-release injectable buprenorphine initiation in a correctional setting: Community treatment retention outcomes Justin Berk MD, MPH, MBA | How are Bedrails like Bars? Examining Institutional Relationships underlying Post-Release Care in a Connecticut Nursing Home Apoorva Rangan A.B. | Exploring Community Supervision Officer’s Perceptions and Responses to Naloxone Possession Among Clients Linsey Belisle PhD | Justice Involvement and Contact with Community Health Systems: Emergency Department, Inpatient, and Outpatient Encounters 2014-2020 Michele Easter PhD | Coping to Buffer Traumatic Experiences Among People Experiencing Wrongful Conviction and Re-entry Gayle Cummings PsyDc, MPH Obie Anthony, Exec Director, Exonerated Nation, Martina Peralta DO/MPHc |
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| Buprenorphine-Naloxone vs. Extended-Release Naltrexone for Opioid Use Disorder in People with Criminal Justice Involvement: A Secondary Analysis of the X:BOT Randomized Controlled Trial Dylan Balter BA Benjamin Howell MD, MPH, MHS | A Rapid Evidence Assessment of Transitions of Older Adults in the Justice System: Directions for the Future Kristin Merss BSN, RN Stephen Kwas Laura Block BS, BSN, RN | Referrals to drug treatment by probation and parole officers: Changes over time and differences by race/ethnicity and drug of choice, 2015-2020, United States Nickolas Zaller PhD | Prison Hospital Data Transmission to Federal Health Cost and Utilization Project Datasets and Subsequent Availability Michael Behne BS | Trauma-Based intervention for Adults Released from Jail, Stephen Tripodi PhD Tanya Renn PhD |
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| Medications for Opioid Use Disorder in Jails and Prisons in Massachusetts: Cost-Effectiveness and Impact on Overdose Deaths Avik Chatterjee MD, MPH | Older Adult Health and Treatment Needs for Veterans and Non-veterans Incarcerated in State Prisons Lance Washington MA | Exploring the burden of opioid related death among people in provincial correctional facilities in Ontario, Canada Amanda Butler PhD | Formative Work to Develop a National Prison Health Surveillance System Jessica Gaber MSW, RSW | “Nothing but a Rope to Hang Yourself:” The Toll of Mass Supervision on Mental Health Katherine LeMasters MPH |
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| Using a Unique Statewide Data Platform to Characterize Receipt of Medications for Opioid Use Disorder Before and After Incarceration in Massachusetts, 2015-2019 Benjamin Bovell-Ammon MD, MPH | Health and Reentry Through Our Lens: Findings from a Participatory Photovoice Study with System-Impacted Older Men Daina Stanley PhD, MA | Recovery Capital and Community Reentry: Perspectives from Prison-Based Substance Use Disorder Treatment Program Clinicians and Administrators Evan Batty MA | What Health Status Indicators Should be Included in Health Surveillance for Women who are Incarcerated? A Review and Critical Analysis of Guidance and Published Literature Jessica Gaber MSW, RSW | Mass Probation: Effects of Probation on Mental Health for Black and White Individuals Katherine LeMasters MPH |
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| 5:00-5:30 pm | Break | ||||
| 5:30-7:00 pm | Reception: Includes Presentation of Warren J. Ferguson Scholarship and certificate presentations to all scholarship awardees Outdoor Courtyard | ||||
Conference Schedule: Friday, April 14, 2023
| Friday, April 14, 2023 | |||||
| 7:30-8:30 a.m. | Registration and Breakfast/ Racial and Social Justice Networking Glenwood Salon I&II | ||||
| 8:30-9:30 a.m. | 60 Minutes: Track One: HIV linkage Salon A-C | 60 Minutes: Track Two: Research Methods & Approach Salon D | 60 Minutes: Track Three: Special Populations: Veterans Salon E | 60 Minutes: Track Four: Emerging Clinical Issues City of Oaks | 30 Minutes: Track : Workforce Education Salon F-H |
| Transformations in Juvenile Justice: A Trauma-Responsive Lens Melissa Threadgill, MPP Melinda Kneeland, BS | Integrating the Expertise of People with Lived Experience in the Research Enterprise Patrick Hibbard PhD | Facilitating Access to VA Services at the Earliest Possible Point for Justice-Involved Veterans Katharine Stewart MSW | Benchmarking Antimicrobial Usage in Massachusetts Jails Emily Grussing BS | Educating early career faculty and practitioners to engage in criminal-legal research: lessons learned with LEAP! Warren Ferguson MD | |
| Piloting a Standardized Correctional Health Curriculum for Medical Students and Residents Jason Glenn Ph.D. Alina Bennett PhD, MPH, MA Ahmar Hashmi MD, MPH Sierra Stites MPH | |||||
| 9:30-9:45 a.m. | Break | ||||
| 9:45-11:00 a.m. | Plenary Presentation: Enhanced Perinatal Programs for People in Prison: A Little Serendipity and a Lot of Science: Rebecca Shlafer, PhD Glenwood Salon I&II | ||||
| 11:00-11:15 a.m. | Break | ||||
| 11:15 a.m-12:15 p.m. | Poster Session Glenwood Salon III&IV | ||||
| 12:15-1:00 p.m. | Lunch | ||||
| 1:00-2:00 p.m. | 15 Minutes: Track One: Burden of Chronic Conditions Salon A-C Moderator: Holliday | 15 Minutes: Track Two: Reproductive Health Salon D Moderator: Reagan | 15 Minutes: Track Three: Research Methods & Approaches Salon E Moderator: Bunting | 15 Minutes: Track Four: Special Populations: Veterans& Geriatrics City of Oaks Moderator: Harrison | 15 Minutes: Track Five: Mental Health Salon F-H Moderator: Cummings |
| Burden of Hepatitis C Infection and Death from Liver-Related Disease in the New Mexico Department of Corrections Lillian Dineen BS | A Qualitative Analysis of Pregnant Incarcerated Women’s Perceptions of a Prison Nursery Program Vivian Su MPH, Karenna Thomas, Camille Kramer, Crystal Hayes, Carolyn Sufrin | Tracking locator changes in Criminal Legal involved adults: Lessons for longitudinal studies Breana Uhrig Castonguay MPH | Evaluating Health and Homeless Services Utilization Among Legal-Involved Veterans Andrea Finlay PhD | Encounters with Law Enforcement: Mental health impacts on Vallejo Residents Gayle Cummings PsyDc, MPH | |
| Qualitative Interviews for People with Sickle Cell About Carceral Experiences Yvane Ngassa BA | Incarcerated Pregnant Women: A Review of Litigation in the Federal Circuit Courts of Appeals Chelsi Lamberton MA Michael Vaughn PhD | Creation and Validation of the Rapid Opioid and Stimulant Use Disorder Assessment for DSM-5 Criteria Angela Di Paola PhD David Farabee Sandra Springer MD | Scoping Review of Military Veterans Involved in the Criminal Legal System and Their Health and Healthcare: 4-year Update and Mapping to Sequential Intercept Model Andrea Finlay PhD | Supporting People with Severe Mental Illness Releasing from State Prison – the FIT (Formerly Incarcerated Transition) Wellness Model Theodore Zarzar MD, Asiyah James LCSW |
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| Delays in Gynecologic Cancer Care: A qualitative analysis Yoshiko Iwai MS Andrea Knittel MD, PhD | Design and preliminary baseline characteristics of Birth Beyond Bars, a pilot cohort of children exposed prenatally to maternal incarceration in Georgia Isa Berzansky BA Bethany Kotlar MPH, PMP | “Basically you fend for yourself” – Application of a Justice-Centered Socio-Ecological Model to the Health of Formerly Incarcerated Adults Kristin Merss BSN, RN Barbara Bowers PhD RN Sydney Taylor Ryan Westergaard MD, MPH | Co-occurring Medical Multimorbidity, Mental Illness, and Substance Use Disorders among Older Legal-Involved Veterans Lance Washington MA | Pathways to Criminal Justice Involvement Through Substance Use and Mental Health Problems Kaitlyn Pederson MA | |
| A Focused Investigation of Medical Diagnoses among Intimate Partner Violence Survivors in New York City Jails Rebecca Giusti MD | New Considerations for Inclusion in Research: Recruitment of Pregnant and Postpartum People who have Experienced Incarceration with Substance Use Disorders Julia Reddy MA Kristel Black BA Jamie Jackson BS Andrea Knittel MD, PhD | Predicting Outpatient Care Use after Release from Prison among Adults with a History of Substance Use Marguerite Burns PhD | Dementia Among People in the Criminal-Legal System: Findings from a Mixed Methods Research Study Jennifer Bronson PhD, MS Lance Washington MA | Impact of drug court on long-term psychosocial outcomes Ekaterina Pivovarova PhD | |
| 2:00-2:15 p.m. | Break | ||||
| 2:15-3:15 p.m. | 30 Minutes: Track One: Income and Incarceration Salon A-C Moderator: Ferguson | 30 Minutes: Track Two: Carceral Health Salon D Moderator: Wurcel | 30 Minutes: Track Three: Programing to Improve Outcomes Salon E Moderator: Harzke | 30 Minutes: Track Four: Novel Data and Collaborations City of Oaks Moderator: Brinkley-Rubinstein | 30 Minutes & 15 Minutes: Track Five: Mental Health and Public Health Salon F-H Moderator: Pivovarova |
| Stakeholders’ perceptions about guaranteed supplemental income (GSI) and healthcare utilization for formerly incarcerated low-income, older Black men living with a chronic disease Brooke Montgomery PhD, MPH, MCHES | Incarceration and cancer outcomes: A root cause of cancer inequity? Jenerius Aminawung MD, MPH | The Strength at Home Program, A Trauma Informed Intervention to Reduce or Eliminate the Use of Intimate Partner Violence Viviana Figueroa LCSW, BCD. Freda Johnson DHA, LCSW-S | The creation of a real-time mortality data dashboard: updates on data cleaning and preliminary analyses Jennifer Lao BS, BA | St Johns and Putnam Veteran Treatment Court: Focusing on Treatment Isabelle Valeus LCSW Charlotte Matthews MSW Howard McGillin JD |
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| A Qualitative Analysis of Crime-Free Housing Policies’ Effects on Low-Income Tenants and Formerly Incarcerated Individuals Alex Sizemore MA, MPL, Khadesia Howell, MPH | Engaging Key Stakeholders to Assess Barriers and Facilitators to Implementation of Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs in Carceral Settings Rebecca Tenner Emily Grussing BS | Goal Misalignment and Role Conflict in Corrections: Managing Custody and Rehabilitation Zainab Kamara MS | Tribal Jails: Creating Data and Partnerships Carolyn Camplain JD | Detention Officers’ Role in Recreation Time at a Southwest County Jail Travis Pinn MA |
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| The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the health of people under correctional supervision in the United States: a scoping review Sofia Mohammad BS |
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| 3:15-3:30 p.m. | Break | ||||
| 3:30-4:30 p.m. | 15 Minutes: Track One: Legislation and Policies Salon A-C Moderator: Nijihawan | 15 Minutes: Track Two: Incarceration, Reproduction and Parenting Salon D Moderator: Morse | 15 Minutes: Track Three: Juvenile Justice Salon E Moderator: Staples-Horne | 15 & 30 Minutes: COVID19 City of Oaks Moderator: Nowotny | 15 & 30 Minutes: Carceral Health Salon G-H Moderator: Prost |
| Incarceration and Medicaid Discontinuity: Review of Legislative Solutions to the Medicaid Inmate Exclusion Policy and Alternative Approaches to Minimizing the Coverage Gap Afeefah Khazi-Syed BS Ank Nijhawan MD, MPH | Forgotten fundamentals: results from a review of state legislation on nutrition during pregnancy for incarcerated people Bethany Kotlar MPH | Engaging Families in Behavioral Health Services within the Juvenile Justice System Kaitlin Piper MPH | Incorporating persons with lived experience in jails on implementation teams to sustain wastewater-based surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 at four US jails Anne Spaulding MD MPH | The Mental Health and Related Care of Non-heterosexual Adults within United State Prisons Stephanie Grace Prost PhD | |
| Comparative Analysis of Compassionate Release Policies Jessica Blanks BS, BA | How do criminal justice, child welfare, and substance use disorder treatment agencies coordinate care for pregnant and/or parenting women who have substance use disorder? Sugy Choi PhD | A latent profile analysis of social determinants of health among boys entering a juvenile prison Noel Vest PhD | Familial Perspectives of U.S. Conditions of Confinement During the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic Meghan Novisky PhD | PATCH: Patient-Centered Approach to Carceral Health Yoshiko Iwai MS Andrea Knittel MD, PhD |
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| Fear of Unknowing: Resident Perceptions of Carceral Policies in U.S. Prisons and Jails Danielle Rudes PhD | Contraception in Provincial Prison: A Qualitative Exploration of Women’s Perspectives and Experiences Reilly Jones MPH | Juvenile Detention and Primary Care Utilization: Are They Related? Shelley Aggarwal MD, MS | Tracking COVID-19 Vaccinations in Minnesota Jails and Prisons (30 MIN) Tyler Winkelman, MPP, Peter Bodurtha, MPP, Jessica Munroe, MPH | Massachusetts Nursing Intake Form Analysis with Agreement Check by Health Services Administrators Emily Grussing BA | |
| COVID-19 in state and federal prisons, local and Indian Country jails: A review of Bureau of Justice Statistics special data collections Elizabeth Carson PhD | Humanizing Care for People Impacted by Incarceration: A Qualitative Community-engaged Approach to Correctional Health Curriculum Development Deborah Yip, BA | Carceral Logic in Psychiatry – Exploring the Similarities Between Incarceration and Involuntary Psychiatric Treatment in Youth Zaire Cullins BA |
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| 4:30 p.m. | Evaluation and Adjourn | ||||
Conference Schedule: Posters
| Thursday Posters | Friday Posters | ||
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| Delivery of Trauma-Informed Care to Individuals in Jail Tanya Renn PhD | Community Reentry | Stakeholder Perspectives of Facilitators and Barriers in the Implementation of Peer Recovery Support Services in New York State Opioid Intervention Courts Ikenna Achebe, MD,MPH, MA | Substance Use Disorders |
| Economic Mobility & Behavioral Health: Experiences Among African Americans & Families Impacted by The Justice System Brian McGregor PhD | Community Reentry | La Clinica’s Transitions Clinic: A Comprehensive Clinic Serving the Health and Psychosocial Needs of the Re-entry Population MaDonna Garcia-Crowley AS | Community Reentry |
| Urban and Rural Congruence: An Examination of Post-Release Outcomes Amanda Bunting PhD | Community Reentry | Creation of a Website with Local Incarceration Resources for Family Medicine Residents Makayla Lagerman BS | Community Reentry |
| COVID-19 Vaccination in Jailed Population after Release of Cash Incentive: Cross-Sectional Data Analysis Annie Youngblood MPH | Implementation Science and Clinical Translation | Effect of Cash Bail Reform on the Mentally-ill and Substance-using Justice-involved Population Nicole Schramm-Sapyta PhD, Isabella Larsen | Policy |
| Post-Release Community Supervision and Suicide Mortality Amongst Formerly Incarcerated Persons in NC 2000-2020 Monica Swilley-Martinez MPH | Mental Health | “They Care About Them More Than They Care About Me”: A Qualitative Study on Experiences of Distrust in Mental Health Care Systems Among Formerly Incarcerated People Shivani Nishar ScB | Mental Health |
| Alcohol Use and Death by Suicide among Decedents Documented in the NVDRS Database Riti Chandrashekhar MHS Rebecca Fix PhD | Mental Health | COVID-19 Triple Reinfections in a Correctional Health System: A Case Series Discussion Audrey DeBritz BS Augustine Kang PhD Justin Berk MD, MPH, MBA Rosemarie Martin PhD | Public Health |
| The Feasibility and Acceptability of a Peer Research Assistant Program for Adults Impacted by the Carceral System Emily Dauria PhD, MPH, Logan Riley Lehman, BA | Community Reentry | As Natural Disasters become More Prevalent, It Is Important to Explore Resiliency, Especially Within Communities Deemed “Non-Compliant” or Stigmatized by Social, Legal, and Health Systems Orobosa Idehen B.S. MPH(c) | Public Health |
| The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Health of People Under Correctional Supervision in the United States: A Scoping Review Sofia Mohammad BS, Zoey Chotiner,, Kathryn Nowotny PhD | Public Health | An Environmental Analysis of Substance Use-Related Pre- and Post-Arrest Diversion Programs In North Carolina Madeline Frank BA Eliza Filene BA | Public Health |
| How Art Sustains Health and Resists Structures of Confinement: Creative Expressions of Incarcerated Artists at a Maximum Security Women’s Prison Peter Dickson MPH MDiv | Racial and Social Justice | Gender Identity, Stimulant Drug Use, and Criminal Justice History on Internalized Stigma Among a Nationally Representative Sample of Adults who Misuse Opioids Amelia Bailey MPH | Public Health |
| Understanding Treatment Enrollment Decisions among Incarcerated Women with Histories of Sexual Assault through the Theory of Planned Behavior Chelsey Bull PhD Mollee Steely Smith PhD | Special Populations-Gender | “Basically You Fend for Yourself” – Application of a Justice-Centered Socio-Ecological Model to the Health of Formerly Incarcerated Adults Kristin Merss BSN, RN Barbara Bowers PhD RN Sydney Taylor Ryan Westergaard MD, MPH | Research Methods/Approaches |
| Implementation of Enhanced Perinatal Programs in Six State Prisons Alexus Roane BA | Special Populations-Gender | Incorporating the Perspectives of Women Incarcerated on Physical Activity Interventions in Correctional Facilities Kartik Akkihal BS | Special Populations-Gender |
| Dementia Among People in the Criminal-Legal System: Findings from a Mixed Methods Research Study Jennifer Bronson PhD, MS Lance Washington MA | Special Populations-Geriatric | Gynecologic Care for People Experiencing Incarceration: A Systematic Review Meredith Wise MD Elana Jaffe MPH Sreya Upputuri Andrea Knittel MD, PhD | Special Populations-Gender |
| Social Relationships Shape Psychological QOL among Older Adults in Prison Amanda Velez BA, MSSW Stephanie Grace Prost PhD | Special Populations-Geriatric | Small-Scale Usability Testing: E-learning modules for Peer Caregivers Erin Kitt-Lewis, PhD, RN, Susan J. Loeb, PhD, RN, FGSA, FAAN, Sherif Olanrewaju, Barbara Walkosz, Brandon Herbeck, Steve Fullmer, Katherine Aiken | Special Populations-Geriatric |
| A Review of Substance Use Treatment Service Need and Provision to Perinatal Populations in Carceral Settings Mollee Steely Smith PhD Stephanie Wilson Melissa Zielinski Ph.D. | Substance Use Disorders | Lifetime Prevalence and Correlates of Incarceration Among Low-Income Veterans: The National Veteran Homeless and Other Poverty Experiences (NV-HOPE) Study Katherine Kelton PhD MSPH | Special Populations-Veterans |
| Cost of Activities Required to Implement the Delivery of Medications for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) in Correctional Settings in Massachusetts Danielle Ryan MPH | Substance Use Disorders | Designing Trauma-Informed Gender-Sensitive Opioid Use Disorder Treatment for Incarcerated Adults Elizabeth Evans PhD | Substance Use Disorders |
| Rural and Urban Clinician Views on the Impact of COVID-19 on Substance Use Delivery for Justice-Involved Populations Evan Batty, MA | Substance Use Disorders | Enhancing Client Recovery during Community Supervision—Medications for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD): A Toolkit Tonya Tavares McCallum MS | Substance Use Disorders |
| Recidivism Among Persons with HIV Receiving Extended-Release Naltrexone Kaley Parchinski MPH | Substance Use Disorders | Community Engagement to Guide Implementation of an Algorithm-Informed Intervention to Prevent Fatal Opioid Overdose for Individuals Leaving Jail Emily Dauria PhD, MPH | Substance Use Disorders |
| The Effectiveness of Seeking Safety with Incarcerated Women who have Experienced Trauma Wendy Snee MSW Isabelle Valeus LCSW | Quality of Infectious Disease Screening Among Veterans with Legal Involvement Andrea Finlay PhD | ||
| Prediction of Violent Reoffending in People Released from Prison in England and Tajikistan: Comparative External Validation Study of a Risk Assessment Tool (OxRec) Gabrielle Beaudry, PhD | Informing Best-Practices: End-of-Life Care Planning in Corrections Erin Kitt-Lewis PhD, RN | ||
Continuing Education
Continuing Education information will be available soon!
Keynote Information
ACCJH 2025 Keynote: “The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life, Freedom, and Justice” – Anthony Ray Hinton
One of the longest serving death row prisoners in Alabama history and among the longest serving condemned prisoners to be freed after presenting evidence of innocence, Mr. Hinton was the 152nd person exonerated from death row since 1983. He wrote an acclaimed book on his experiences and is excited to share his life story at ACCJH 2025 on Monday March 17th.
Anthony Ray Hinton survived for 30 years on Alabama’s death row. His story is a decades-long journey to exoneration and freedom. In 1985, Mr. Hinton was convicted of the unsolved murders of two fast-food restaurant managers based on the testimony of ballistics experts for the State who claimed that the crime bullets came from a dusty revolver found in Mr. Hinton’s mother’s closet. Without the benefit of a competent expert to challenge the State’s theory (Mr. Hinton’s lawyer hired a ballistics expert who was blind in one eye), an all-white jury convicted Mr. Hinton and he was sentenced to death. After years of petitioning to have the revolver re-analyzed, three independent experts concluded that the bullets could not have been fired from his mother’s revolver. With the assistance of the Equal Justice Initiative, led by attorney Bryan Stevenson, Mr. Hinton was freed in 2015. Since his release, Mr. Hinton has traveled the world sharing his story and discussing the changes that need to be made to prevent similar injustices from happening to other people. In 2018, Mr. Hinton published The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row, which was selected for Oprah’s Book Club and is a New York Times bestseller. In 2019, he was awarded an honorary doctorate from St. Bonaventure University, and in 2023, he was awarded an honorary doctorate from Emory University.
Plenary Panel
ACCJH 2025 Plenary Panel: “Pharmacoequity in Carceral Settings”
Pharmacoequity is a term describing an aspect of health equity focusing on improving equitable access to evidence-based medications. The panel will bring together people with lived experience of incarceration, lawyers and clinicians to discuss the barriers and opportunities for working towards pharmacoequity in carceral settings. This panel presentation will be on Tuesday March 18th, 2025.
Hotel and Location Information
The 18th annual conference is at the Marriott Renaissance Hotel in Austin, TX
Host City Information
While the conference schedule is jam-packed with interesting sessions and networking opportunities, you may want to explore a bit of Austin while you are here. Austin is renowned for its amazing music scene, food, events, outdoor activities, and more.
Sponsorship Information
Please check back soon for the list of our 2025 sponsors!
Announcements
Please check back soon for conference announcements!