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A recent NPR article discussed how the government can support former inmates’ health to better integrate them into society. Many states are looking to expand Medicaid to provide more comprehensive health care to former inmates and help reduce recidivism rates. As the justice system faces a growing demand for alternative sentencing, red and blue states are turning to Medicaid's flexibility to provide mental health and substance use treatment, as well as other health care services, to former inmates to support their reintegration into society.