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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 />TAGS: THE STATE OF THINGS UNC SCHOOL OF MEDICINE FORMERLY INCARCERATED TRANSITION FIT <br />DR. EVAN ASHKIN JESSICA ROMINE TOMMY GREEN INMATE REHABILITATION TRANSITION <br />NC PRISONS PRISON REENTRY NC FIT PROGRAM <br />Dr. Evan Ashkin is a professor of family medicine at the University of North Carolina’s School of <br />Medicine. While working in low-income health care he observed these gaps and created his own <br />solution. He is now the director of the Formerly Incarcerated Transition (FIT) program which provides <br />funds for healthcare as well as resources for jobs, education and integrating back into society. <br />Modeled after a successful program in San Francisco, Ashkin pairs former inmates with recently <br />released inmates. Together they work to lower the recidivism rate. <br />Dr. Ashkin joins Frank Stasio to talk about FIT and what inspired it. He is joined by Jessica Romine <br />who was recently released from jail, joined the FIT program and is fnally getting the support she <br />needs. Tommy Green works for FIT, but before that he spent 11 years and 8 months in prison. Green <br />is Romine’s community health worker. <br />which provides funds for healthcare as well as resources for jobs, education and integrating back into society. Also <br />joining the conversation is FIT community health worker Tommy Green and FIT participant Jessica Romine. <br />TweetShareGoogle+Email <br />RELATED CONTENT <br />Is the North Carolina Department of Public Safety breaking its own <br />rules? A 2016 policy change prohibits inmates with mental health <br />issues from being held in solitary confnement for more than 30 <br />days. So why was Devon Davis, who is developmentally delayed <br />and has mental illness, kept in solitary for more than fve months <br />last year? <br />Solitary Confnement And Mental Health: The Case of Devon Davis <br />By DANA TERRY & FRANK STASIO • MAY 31, 2018 <br />Most state prison employees charged with crimes while on duty get <br />Little To No Punishment For Prison Staff Charged With Crimes <br />By LAURA PELLICER & FRANK STASIO • APR 24, 2018 <br /> <br />COURTESY OF ROSE HOBAN