NCJ Number
233465
Date Published
2008
Length
42 pages
Annotation
This 2008 report on New York State's Comprehensive Alcohol and Substance Abuse Treatment Program (CASAT) presents a program overview, CASAT population data for calendar years 2003-2008, the progress of participants through the phases of the CASAT program, the features of CASAT Phase III (aftercare), and program costs.
Abstract
New York's 1989 Prison Omnibus Legislation provided for the expansion of the Department of Corrections' existing alcohol and substance abuse treatment programs. The legislation called for the establishment of 6, 200-bed alcohol and substance abuse treatment annexes at specified locations. Persons successfully completing the 6-month annex phase of treatment would be transferred to a work release facility or an appropriate community-based program. The law also provided for an aftercare component upon release from custody under the supervision of the Division of Parole. An examination of the CASAT monthly population trends for the years 2003-2008 reports on the number of CASAT participants in each of the program's phases. By December 29, 2008, 673 inmates were participating in a Phase I program, and 479 were participating in Phase II. An analysis of the 2003-2004 cohort released to CASAT Phase III aftercare indicates that 22 percent of the male participants who successfully completed Phase II of CASAT and were then released into Phase III were returned to the Department of Corrections during a 3-year follow-up. This compared with 41-percent recidivism for all 2004 male releases; 21 percent of the women who entered Phase III were returned to the Department of Corrections during this period, compared with 31 percent for all 2004 female releases. The total cost of treatment services for CASAT Phase I in fiscal year 2007-08 was $3,028,079. Extensive tables and figures and appended drug commitments for the New York State Department of Corrections by years, and the location of programs