Residential Substance Abuse Treatment Case Study

The US Correctional System gives a lot of offenders the chance to change their ways, by helping the rehabilitate them self’s. Rehabilitation is the attempt to reform an offender or also used a rehabilitated meaning the reform of an offender (Schmalleger). Forms of rehabilitation in the correctional system would be court ordered by a judge for an offender that is addicted to drugs or alcohol to be sentence to rehab to kick there addiction. This can be very helpful for repeat offenders that crimes they commit are due to their addiction to drugs/alcohol. There are different kinds of programs to help with the rehabilitation of an offender, programs such as “Office of Program Accountability and Support: This office supports the division by providing support services, and overseeing data collection and analysis of participation within programs offered to inmates and parolees. Office of Offender Services: This office is broken into two separate units. One supports the In-Prison Programs, and the other supports Community and Reentry

The need for a substance abuse recovery home in Starke County, Indiana is a need that is unmistakable in the county based on the hefty number of individuals that suffer from substance abuse and dependency in the county which is clearly displayed by the recent number of crimes that are related to or involve illicit and prescription drugs. In attempt to meet this need and create an opportunity for individuals suffering from substance abuse and dependency to receive local substance abuse treatment in a recovery home the proposal will be presented to several stakeholders within the Starke County community. The term stakeholder “refers to those people who are affected, or could be affected, by the service” (Canadian Career Development Foundation, n.d.) that is being proposed. The proposal for the creation of a substance abuse recovery home will be presented to five key stakeholders including Ms. Becky Anspach the director of Community Services of Starke County, Starke County Community Corrections director of operations Mr. Robert Hinojosa, Ms. Dee Lynch the director of the Indiana Department of Child Services of Starke County, Porter Starke Services facilitator of intensive outpatient program treatment (IOP), and Ms. Rhonda Adcock the director of Starke County CASA.

Not all aftercare program are as effective and to qualify as such. And to do this the person in charge of the substance abuse treatment program must work directly with local as well as state authorities, as well as organizations involved in substance abuse treatment. By doing this they will be able to assist in the proper placement of the RSAT participants into community substance abuse treatment facilities on release, greatly reducing the chance of that inmate returning to

The residential treatment center should include a twelve step program, which all residents are required to attend. Individual intense therapy on a daily basis is very important. The policy will require all residents to remain at the facility with no visitors allowed. It is important that the policies specifically detail the types of addictions treated such as heroin, cocaine, alcohol, etc. (Abadinsky, 2014). The types of people who are being treated such as: homeless, women, men, high-level executives, celebrities, or etc. (Abadinsky, 2014). The type of environment that the facility resembles such as: resort, hospital, hotel, and etc. (Abadinsky, 2014). The privacy and confidentiality policy should be as specific as possible. The policy must detail the costs

The availability of and the accessibility to educational and vocational programs in prison have been challenged by inmates- or representatives- in copious suits based on constitutional grounds. In addition, there have also been challenges that concern the shortage of these programs.

Getting help for drug addiction is often such an intimidating idea that many addicts continue to use rather than expose themselves to the embarrassment or pain that they have associated with reaching out to someone for help. This is in large part due to the fact that television, books and movies have portrayed drug rehab centers in such a negative light that the reality is actually quite incomprehensibly different than these depictions. Millions of people have gotten help for addiction and gone on to lead productive and fulfilling lives free from the bonds of substance abuse. However, there are plenty still who delayed treatment for one reason or another and suffered severe consequences by doing so. Because addiction is a progressive and

territories. Native American tribes are also able to receive RSAT funding. A state has one of four program options to allocate RSAT funding state and local correctional facility RSAT programs, aftercare programs, and post release treatment. States are required to coordinate with substance abuse programs, and the state alcohol and drug abuse agency in designing and implementing treatment programs. There are many program requirements for a state or local correctional agency to be eligible for RSAT funding. The program must last between six and twelve months and the participants should only have between six and twelve months left of their sentencing to serve so upon completion of the program the inmate will be released and not return to the general prison population. Must provide residential treatment facilities that are set apart from the rest of the correctional facility either by using a separate facility or a separate housing unit exclusively for treatment participants, the focus must be on inmates’ substance abuse issues, conduct a urinalysis or other reliable form of drug and alcohol screening. The program must

With the essentials for rehabilitation in mind the mandatory treatment in prison and sometimes in community supervision by giving the

“I never realized that once I was labeled as a criminal, I had forfeited my right to be considered a victim,” says Elizabeth Reid at the end of an article she wrote describing her horrific experience as a resident at one of Washington Department of Corrections Work Release facilities (Reid 2013). Elizabeth was led to a secluded room of the facility where she was raped by one of the staff/ guards. She was forced to face the wall as he forcibly raped her. At first she did not report the rape because she feared that he would cause her to be sent back to prison. However, instead of telling someone inside the facility, she went to the local police to report the rape. To her amazement, the cops did not follow through because they were informed that she was on a form of supervised release. As a result, Elizabeth’s rapist was never charged or apprehended for her rape. Sexual misconduct between female inmates and male correctional officers (CO) has been a problem that

According to the South Carolinas attorney generals website, there is a program in place to prosecute domestic in sexual assault cases . This program also trains law enforcement, judges, prosecutors, and victim advocates about the causes, consequences, and laws pertaining to domestic violence and sexual assault. S.C. has a federal grant to pay for this program, however it is evident they need to do a better job of funding this program while providing the oversite insuring training is up to date.

KSU OVS maintains a partnership with the Cobb County District Attorney’s Office Victim Witness Unit (Cobb DA VWU) to provide court related victim services and the victim advocates with liveSAFE (formerly The YWCA of Northwest Georgia) which provides SANE sexual assault exams. Additionally, KSU OVS staff participates with the Cobb County Sexual Assault Response Team (Cobb SART) and the Cobb County Domestic Violence Task Force (Cobb DV), both hosted at LiveSafe. Participation in these teams enables OVS advocates to provide the campus community with the most up-to-date legislation and training, improves response service to victims of crime, and provides OVS advocates with the tools necessary to assist the campus community to understand the dynamics of victim response, victim rights, and perpetrator behaviors in order to provide the highest quality response system. KSU OVS partners with the KSU Behavioral Response Team (BRT), a multidisciplinary team that meets regularly to assess and manage concerns and/or criminal matters of all types involving students that have been brought to the attention of the team. The BRT utilizes an early identification system

The cornerstone of the Renaissance Treatment Center is a not-for-profit corporation that specializes in addiction and mental health issues. They provide counseling, for substance abuse, domestic violence, and mental illnesses, whose primary involvement is with the criminal justice system. Personally speaking, the needs that are possibly lacking are those that are out of the agency’s control. Nevertheless, the agency is faced with issues that are beyond their control, and into the hands of either the justice system or the clients. These lacking needs include; making recommendations for clients that the client’s parole officer can override, and they have no control over whether or not a client decides to complete the program.

Prisons are reaching their capacity limit, while the substance abusive inmates make up most the population (“thenationshealth.apublications.org”). Though they serve their time, many of the inmates do not have the opportunity to access treatment while in prison (United States,2003). Due to that the National Institute on Drug abuse they have come up with economic treatment plans that are available for those convicted of crimes related to drugs, alcohol and substance abuse. With successful treatment plans the the inmates gets through their addiction and when the time is over they end up being productive to the community while they have a lesson to teach others that anything is possible with determination and right process of recovery. Drug court is another form of providing education to addicts and advocating their future. Per the research that was conducted in California called enhancing drug court by one drug court it showed tremendous improvement by the services they offered. The services include vocational and educational training which prepares them for employment and stable life. The training was divided into sections that one would choose from for example: residential treatment, specialty programs, alcohol recovery group, mask of addiction The table below shows how the services helped inmates achieve in

will describe the help that is offered to the offender and their families if they want to utilize it

Prisoners complete applications (which need prison endorsement) for the grants including personal letters. They are then awarded by a panel of Prisoners Education Trust trustees on the basis of the strength of the application including such issues as suitability of the course sought, evidence of ability and commitment to complete it successfully, and rationale for wanting to undertake the