Pew Supports Adding Opioid Use Disorder Questions to Jails Census

Data from Bureau of Justice Statistics would help researchers understand treatment access

Speeches and Testimony April 15, 2019 Read time:

Projects: Substance Use Prevention and Treatment

On April 15, The Pew Charitable Trusts’ substance use prevention and treatment initiative submitted comments to the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), suggesting that the agency add questions relating to opioid use disorder to the 2019 Census of Jails.

The comments propose ways in which BJS can gather data within jails on the prevalence of substance use and substance use disorder, how individuals are screened and treated, and how they are connected to medical care following release.

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