• Reducing Medication Diversion in Jails

      • Ms. Angel Dalverny, BSN, RN, Allegany County Sheriff’s Office, Detention Center

      • This presentation covers:
        • How the Allegany Detention Center’s medication area is set up
        • The process of medicating inmates to reduce medication diversion
        • Policies regarding inmates caught diverting medications
        • Misconceptions about providing medications for opioid use disorder in carceral settings
  • Reducing Medication for Opioid Used Disorder (MOUD) Diversion

      • Warden Mary Ann Thompson, St. Mary’s County Detention and Rehabilitation Center

      • This presentation covers:
        • How the St. Mary’s County Detention Center physically accommodated medication delivery in their facility
        • How their Medication for Opioid Use Disorder program developed and challenges they encountered when expanding the program
        • The importance of properly supervising inmates during dosing
        • Medication diversion prevention strategies and lessons learned
  • How to Increase Inmate Acceptance of MOUDS (Especially Injectables)

      • Major Craig Rowe, Washington County Sheriff’s Office, Detention Center

      • This presentation covers:
        • The start of their Medication for Opioid Use Disorder program and its goals
        • Messaging to inmates regarding the program
        • The importance of educating inmates on Medication Assisted Treatment and its benefits
        • The county’s Day Reporting Center Program and its successful use of extended-release naltrexone
  • House Bill 116: Peer Recovery Specialists

      • Acting Warden Margaret M. Chippendale, Howard County Department of Corrections

      • This presentation covers:
        • How the detention center started their Peer Program
        • The role expectations and responsibilities of their peers
        • The process of hiring and training peers in their facility
        • Examples of groups and events their peers have organized
  • The Intersectionality of Peer Support and Criminal Defense

      • Mr. Kevin Nock, i-FPRS, CPRS, RPS, Office of the Public Defender

      • This presentation covers:
        • How he began his journey to become a peer
        • The different certifications he earned and how they helped him in his work and career trajectory
        • His current role at the Maryland Office of the Public Defender
  • Expanding Buprenorphine Treatment Using Telemedicine in Rural Counties
    • Presenter: Dr. Eric Weintraub, University of Maryland School of Medicine
      • This presentation covers:
        • An overview of the opioid epidemic in rural Maryland
        • An overview of the three types of MOUDs and availability challenges
        • The benefits of offering buprenorphine via telemedicine
        • Development of their telemedicine buprenorphine program
        • A description of their buprenorphine mobile treatment unit
        • Challenges of offering a telemedicine program
        • Implementation and preliminary data from their telemedicine buprenorphine program in the Allegany County Detention Center
        • Funding issues
  • Methadone Treatment for People in Jail: Different Approaches to Increase Access
    • Presenter: Ms. Rebecca Trott, Anne Arundel County Department of Health
      • This presentation covers:
        • An overview of the Anne Arundel County jail’s opioid treatment program (OTP)
        • Program standards and outcomes
        • The steps for establishing their OTP
        • Combatting methadone myths and stigma
        • The process of delivering methadone treatment from identification in the jail to release into the community
    • Presenter: Captain Steve Wallace, Kent County Department of Corrections
      • This presentation covers:
        • Staffing and logistical challenges to delivering methadone treatment to detainees in a rural county