The Pennsylvania Institutional Law Project (PILP) is pleased to announce the release of a new project, “Let Us Live,” highlighting the voices of currently and formerly incarcerated people with Opioid Use Disorder (OUD), as well as an update to their groundbreaking report on access to Medication for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) in Pennsylvania jails and prison.
PILP Sends Advocacy Letter Urging Expanded Care for Opioid Use Disorder in Lackawanna County Prison
PILP Sends Advocacy Letter on Behalf of Man Denied MOUD Treatment
PILP Sends Advocacy Letter to PDP Over Medication for Opioid Use Disorder Policy
PILP Sends Advocacy Letter on Behalf of Man Suffering from Opioid Use Disorder
New Report Finds Overwhelming Majority of Pennsylvania Jails Provide Inadequate Care for Opioid Use Disorder
As overdose deaths continue to climb in the U.S., claiming more than 100,000 lives including more than 5,400 in Pennsylvania last year alone, new research demonstrates that incarcerated people in Pennsylvania are routinely denied access to the lifesaving medications they need, hampering efforts to reverse course on the overdose crisis.
PILP Sends Advocacy Letter on Behalf of Woman Removed from MOUD Treatment
The Pennsylvania Institutional Law Project PILP) has sent an advocacy letter to Schuylkill County Prison officials on behalf of Alisa Steffie, who was abruptly removed from her medication for opioid use disorder.