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This article is part of a series on transforming <br />health systems published with support from The <br />Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. This is an open <br />access article distributed in accordance with the <br />terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY <br />4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, <br />remix, adapt, and build upon this work, for <br />commercial use, provided the original work is <br />properly cited. See https://creativecommons.org/ <br />licenses/by/4.0/.Rob Waters <br />(robwaters2@gmail.com) is an independent <br />journalist in Oakland, California, who writes about <br />health and science and contributes frequently to <br />Kaiser Health News and STAT, among other <br />publications. <br />NOTES <br />1 Ranapurwala SI, Shanahan ME, <br />Alexandridis AA, Proescholdbell <br />SK, Naumann RB, Edwards D Jr, <br />et al. Opioid overdose mortality <br />among former North Carolina in- <br />mates: 2000–2015. Am J Public <br />Health. 2018;108(9):1207–13. <br />2 Binswanger IA, Stern MF, Deyo <br />RA, Heagerty PJ, Cheadle A, <br />Elmore JG, et al. Release from <br />prison—a high risk of death for <br />former inmates. N Engl J Med. <br />2007;356(2):157–65. <br />3 Waters R. Interrupting violence in <br />Durham, North Carolina. Health <br />Affairs Blog [blog on the Inter- <br />net]. 2019 Oct 7 [cited 2019 Oct <br />7]. Available from: https://www <br />.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/ <br />hblog20190821.440449/full/ <br />4 Wang EA, Hong CS, Shavit S, <br />Sanders R, Kessell E, Kushel MB. <br />Engaging individuals recently re- <br />leased from prison into primary <br />care: a randomized trial. Am J <br />Public Health. 2012;102(9): <br />e22–9. <br />5 Wang EA, Lin HJ, Aminawung JA, <br />Busch SH, Gallagher C, Maurer K, <br />et al. Propensity-matched study of <br />enhanced primary care on contact <br />with the criminal justice system <br />among individuals recently re- <br />leased from prison to New Haven. <br />BMJ Open. 2019;9(5):e028097. <br />6 Green TC, Clarke J, Brinkley- <br />Rubinstein L, Marshall BDL, <br />Alexander-Scott N, Boss R, et al. <br />Postincarceration fatal overdoses <br />after implementing medications <br />for addiction treatment in a <br />statewide correctional system. <br />JAMA Psychiatry. 2018;75(4): <br />405–7. <br />October 2019 38:10 Health Affairs 1621