evidence: Contact: Sloane Gallagher, Sloane.Gallagher@mail.house.gov [...] With over 600,000 people released from prisons across the country every year, and just over 7,000 housed in RRCs before release, it can prove incredibly difficult for justice-impacted individuals to access the resources needed to successfully reenter society, especially when it comes to health care. In fact, studies have shown that individuals released from incarceration are 129 times more likely to die of a drug overdose during the first two weeks after release. In response, Trone helped introduce the Reentry Act to restore access to health care, including addiction and mental health treatment, through Medicaid for incarcerated individuals up to 30 days before their release. [...] Follow Congressman Trone at @RepDavidTrone for updates on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.