Reducing Offender Drug Use Through Prison-Based Treatment

摘要

More than 1.9 million American adults were in Federal prisons, State prisons, and local jails at midyear 1999--a number as large as the population of Houston, Texas. More than half of these prisoners said they had used drugs in the month before their offense, 16 percent said they had committed their offense to get money for drugs, and two-thirds were actively involved with drugs prior to their admission to jail. These statistics can change if inmates with substance abuse problems are treated. According to the Office of National Drug Control Policy, treatment while in prison and under postincarceration supervision can reduce recidivism by roughly 50 percent.