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FIT Program Provides Critical Medical Support For Former Inmates | WUNC <br />http://www.wunc.org/post/fit-program-provides-critical-medical-support-former-inmates[8/14/2018 11:18:39 AM] <br />LOADING... <br />Donate Today To Automatically Enter A Paris Trip Drawing <br />The State of Things <br />FIT Program Provides Critical Medical Support <br />For Former Inmates <br />By DANA TERRY & FRANK STASIO • JUN 13, 2018 <br />TweetShareGoogle+Email <br />While incarcerated it is a constitutional right for <br />inmates to receive medical care. But what <br />happens when inmates are released and no <br />longer have access to health services? The <br />reality is they often go without medication or <br />treatment. Considering prisons have become the <br />largest mental healthcare providers in America, it <br />is in the interest of public safety to remedy that <br />gap in coverage. <br />19:45 <br />Host Frank Stasio speaks with Dr. Evan Ashkin, director of the Formerly Incarcerated Transition (FIT) program <br />Listen <br />Jessica Romine (right) was recently released from jail and <br />is receiving assistance through a partnership with Tommy <br />Green (left) that was established by the North Carolina <br />Formerly Incarcerated Transition program, or NCFIT, led <br />by Dr. Evan Ashkin (center). <br />CREDIT GABRIELLA BULGARELLI / WUNC <br /> Site MenuGive❤Now <br />91.5 Chapel Hill 88.9 Manteo90.9 Rocky Mount 91.1Welcome91.9 Fayetteville 90.5 Buxton <br />Listen Live [More Stream Info]·