RECOMMENDATIONS:
The Study Committee recommends that a separate, independent
facility be used to house approximately 100 inmates who will
be involved in treatment. It is recommended that the custody
level be medium with perimeter security.
The Study Committee recommends the following staffing:
An Assistant Secretary for Substance Abuse in the Department
of Correction, one director, one assistant director, eight
counselors, and two clerical positions* It is recommended
that, wherever possible, recovering alcoholics or drug addicts
be employed in all jobs.
The Study Committee recommends the following program structure;
That the program be modeled on Alcoholics Anonymous, that the
program operate seven days per week, that there be supportive
transition into and out of the program, that there be a
follow-up on all inmates while incarcerated and one year post-release,
and that there be no time reduction for participation
in the program.
The Study Committee recommends that both regularly committed
offenders and offenders with suspended sentences receive
treatment . For the regularly committed offenders, the following
priority in admission to the program is suggested:
A. Court recommendation (on commitment papers).
B. Evaluation at diagnostic centers and referral.
C. General staff referral.
D. Self-referral.
The Study Committee recommends that the program and facility
be operational by January of 1988.
The Study Coinmittee recommends that judges use their presently
existing statutory authority to order defendants into the
Substance Abuse Program when imposing the sentence of
imprisonment
.
The Study Committee recommends that the Legislative Research
Commission continue the study on Inmate Substance Abuse.
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