preview

Summary: Prison-Based Substance Abuse Treatment Model

Decent Essays
Open Document

Prison based substance abuse treatment models are effective to reduce recidivism and decrease the number of offenders habitually abusing substances. Prisoners must be assessed and screened before going into a treatment group. It has been stated that therapeutic communities are one of the best practice for treatment in a prison based setting coinciding with cognitive behavioral treatment with the emphasis on relapse prevention (White, Hall 2004). Inmates should complete 6 weeks of treatment, at the minimal (White, Hall 2004). Optimal outcomes occur when the prisoners also enroll in treatment in their community after they are released to (NIDA, 2006). At all area of treatment substance abuse observing is necessity (NIDA, 2006). Although there

Get Access