Returning from prison to the community is rife with challenges. For individuals with health care, mental health, or substance abuse treatment needs, the reentry period can be especially vulnerable. Furthermore, these services are not evenly distributed across communities. This study explores barriers to health care and treatment among individuals convicted of sexual offenses who are returning from prison to urban and rural communities. Using data from in-depth interviews and geographic data, our analysis highlights the needs of this population that is often mandated to treatment. Access to treatment and health care is a challenge for many participants and is exacerbated in rural areas because of a dearth of providers and the long distance to treatment offices. The results highlight the deficiency of treatment services across the urban–rural continuum and support new innovations in service provisions.

从监狱重返社区充满挑战。对于有医疗保健，心理健康或药物滥用治疗需要的个人，折返期可能特别脆弱。此外，这些服务在社区中分布不均。这项研究探讨了因性犯罪而被定罪的个人从监狱返回城市和农村社区的医疗保健和治疗障碍。使用来自深入访谈的数据和地理数据，我们的分析突出了通常需要接受治疗的这一人群的需求。对于许多参与者而言，获得治疗和保健服务是一项挑战，在农村地区，由于医疗服务提供者的匮乏以及与治疗办公室的距离太长，这种情况更加恶化。