Upon release, returning to community life, or reentry as it is sometimes called, is fraught with health, social and logistical problems. It has also been found that ex-prisoners have a dramatically high risk of health (including overdose, chronic disease, mental illness). As they tend to have a difficult transition to medical care, which, in turn, leads to higher emergency visits, hospitalization, and recidivism.
In a case of an organisation such as Infina Health that provides medical transportation and non-emergency medical transport (NEMT), the issue of transport becomes critical in the process of closing the gap between incarceration and healthy reintegration. This service page identifies the steps to designing a strong correctional transition/ re-entry transport programme, the main service elements, the measurement of performance, and the best practices and strategic opportunities.