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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