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DRUG ABUSE :
SUBSTANCE ABUSE :
REPORTS :
RESEARCH :
PRISONS :
INCARCERATION :
CRIMINAL JUSTICE:
Behind Bars II: Substance Abuse and America's Prison Population
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Behind Bars II: Substance Abuse and America's Prison Population
Published: February 2010
CASA Columbia
http://www.casacolumbia.org/addiction-research/
reports/substance-abuse-prison-system-2010
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A shorter URL for the above link:
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http://tinyurl.com/n9gubev
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Background
Americas prisons and jails are rife with addiction and substance use.
CASAColumbias research shows that the increase in Americas prison
population is due overwhelmingly to criminal activity linked to alcohol
and other drug use and addiction. Between 1996 and 2006, as the U.S.
population rose by 12%, the number of adults incarcerated rose by 33% to
2.3 million inmates, and the number of inmates who were substance-involved
shot up by 43% to 1.9 million inmates. This report is an exhaustive
analysis of the extent to which alcohol and other drugs are implicated in
the crimes and incarceration of Americas prison population.
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Results
Of the 2.3 million inmates crowding our nations prisons and jails, 85%
were substance-involved; 1.5 million met the DSM-IV medical criteria for
substance abuse or addiction. Another 458,000 had not met the strict
DSM-IV criteria but had histories of substance abuse and were under the
influence of alcohol or other drugs at the time of their crime, committed
their offense to get money to buy drugs, were incarcerated for an alcohol
or drug law violation, or shared some combination of these
characteristics. In 2006, alcohol and other drugs were involved in:
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78% of violent crimes
83% of property crimes
77% of public order, immigration or weapons offenses and
probation/parole violations
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Alcohol was implicated in the incarceration of more than half of all
inmates in America; illicit drugs were implicated in three-fourths of
incarcerations.
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In 2005, federal, state and local governments spent $74 billion on
incarceration, court proceedings, probation and parole for
substance-involved adult and juvenile offenders, and less than 1% of that
amount $632 millionon prevention and treatment.
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There is an enormous gap in state and federal prisons between available
addiction treatment and inmate participationand the need for such
addiction treatment.
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Recommendations
The report provides a set of recommendations, including the following:
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Use trained health care professionals to screen, assess and treat
substance-involved offenders and provide care for co-occurring physical
and mental health problems
Provide comprehensive prerelease planning and aftercare to continue
treatment services for inmates with addiction
Require addiction treatment for inmates to be medically managed
Expand the use of treatment-based alternatives to jail and prison
Require accreditation for prison- and jail-based treatment programs
and providers
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The Complete Report May be Downloaded Here:
http://www.casacolumbia.org/download/file/fid/487
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