Table 1.

Interview guide

How long have you been working with substance using incarcerated women? What do you like about it? What’s difficult about it? What do you think happens to women as they leave prison? Who do you think does well in terms of substance use, who doesn’t, and why? Does this differ at all for women with co-occurring mental health problems (such as major depressive disorder)? How? When you see women who have relapsed to substances and have returned to prison, are there common themes? What usually happens to them? Does this differ at all for women with co-occurring mental health problems (such as major depressive disorder)? How? What aspects of substance use treatment for women in prison do you think are the most helpful? Does this differ at all for women with co-occurring mental health problems (such as major depressive disorder)? How? What aspects of substance use treatment after release from prison are the most helpful? Does this differ at all for women with co-occurring mental health problems (such as major depressive disorder)? How? Do you think that there is utility in treating co-occurring major depressive disorder while women are in prison, or that much of women’s life problems will resolve if they stay clean and sober as they return to the community? Why? If you could design your ideal treatment program for women in prison with co-occurring substance use and major depression, that could include both in-prison and post-prison components, what would you do? (Money is no object) Does this differ from the program you would design for substance-using women in prison in general? How?