FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OJP
MONDAY, JUNE 18, 2001 202/307-0703
?????? JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT AWARDS MORE THAN $58 MILLION IN GRANTS
? TO
STATES FOR PRISON-BASED DRUG TREATMENT
WASHINGTON,
D.C. ? Grants, totaling more than $58 million to all 50 states and eligible
territories to continue providing substance abuse treatment to offenders at
state and local correctional facilities, have been awarded, the Justice
Department?s Office of Justice Programs (OJP) announced today.? With these new grants, OJP?s Corrections
Program Office has now provided more than $288 million to the states and
territories since 1996 through the Residential Substance Abuse Treatment (RSAT)
for State Prisoners program.??
In 1999, over
80 percent of all jail and state prison inmates have said that they previously
used drugs, while 60 percent reported having regularly used drugs (with
?regularly? defined as at least once a week for at least a month), according to
the Justice Department?s Bureau of Justice Statistics.
?The link
between drugs and crime is clear and unmistakable,? said Attorney General John
Ashcroft.? ?As President Bush recently
said, when offenders return to society drug-free they are 73 percent less
likely to commit more crimes and return to prison and 44 percent less likely to
use drugs again.? The Justice Department
is committed to breaking the cycle of drugs and crime.?
States use RSAT
funds to support individual or group drug treatment for offenders in
residential facilities operated by state and local corrections agencies.? Each offender?s treatment program lasts
between 6 and 12 months, during which time the offender is regularly tested for
drugs.? The treatment facilities are set
apart from other corrections facilities.
RSAT-funded programs also work closely with community-based substance abuse
treatment programs to ensure that offenders continue treatment after they are
released, although RSAT funds cannot be used for aftercare.??
?In FY 2000, states and eligible territories
received approximately $57.9 million in RSAT grants; in FY 1999, states and
eligible territories received grants totaling $57.8 million; in FY 1998, states
and eligible territories received approximately $59.3 million; in FY 1997,
states and eligible territories received approximately $27.7 million; and in FY
1996, states and eligible territories received approximately $24.7 million.
A list of the
FY 2001 RSAT awards each state received is attached.? More information about RSAT and other Corrections Program Office
(CPO) programs is available on the CPO Web site at www.ojp.usdoj.gov/cpo
and from the Justice Department Response Center at?
1-800/421-6770.
Information
about other OJP bureaus and program offices is available at
www.ojp.usdoj.gov.? Media should
contact OJP?s Office of Congressional and Public Affairs at 202/307-0703.? ??????????
Residential Substance Abuse Treatment Program
Fiscal
Year 2001 State Formula Grants
? State.................Amount
?? Alabama...............$1,169,458
?? Alaska................$308,584
?? Arizona...............$1,187,876
?? Arkansas..............$652,406
?? California............$6,211,950
?? Colorado..............$825,344
?? Connecticut...........$715,090
?? Delaware..............$374,713
?? District of Columbia..$470,138
?? Florida...............$2,821,397
?? Georgia...............$1,817,918
?? Hawaii................$355,653
?? Idaho.................$430,805
?? Illinois..............$1,861,520
?? Indiana...............$954,738
?? Iowa..................$510,193
?? Kansas................$551,436
?? Kentucky..............$793,674
?? Louisiana.............$1,494,777
?? Maine.................$294,651
?? Maryland..............$1,093,907
?? Massachusetts.........$637,725
?? Michigan..............$1,952,235
?? Minnesota.............$458,309
?? Mississippi...........$900,348
?? Missouri..............$1,224,138
?? Montana...............$342,743
?? Nebraska..............$365,465
?? Nevada................$592,856
?? New Hampshire.........$314,244
?? New Jersey............$1,362,318
?? New Mexico............$424,122
?? New York..............$2,838,814
?? North Carolina........$1,363,284
?? North Dakota..........$268,788
?? Ohio..................$1,935,027
?? Oklahoma..............$1,068,587
?? Oregon................$607,083
?? Pennsylvania..........$1,563,411
?? Rhode Island..........$303,355
?? South Carolina........$1,037,673
?? South Dakota..........$325,759
?? Tennessee.............$1,051,974
?? Texas.................$6,173,359
?? Utah..................$430,274
?? Vermont...............$279,757
?? Virginia..............$1,318,864
?? Washington............$766,808
?? West Virginia.........$370,430
?? Wisconsin.............$988,119
?? Wyoming...............$294,891
?? Territory................Amount
?? American Samoa...........$235,722
?? Guam.....................$242,771
?? Northern Mariana Islands.$233,834
?? Puerto Rico..............$666,228
?? Virgin Islands...........$240,499
??????????????? Total:??? $58,076,042
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