NCJ Number
139190
Date Published
1991
Length
37 pages
Annotation
This 1991 annual report of the Federal Bureau of Prisons profiles inmate drug treatment programs, presents the year in review, and provides inmate statistical data.
Abstract
The year ended with the Bureau confining 71,998 inmates, a record high. This prison population increase continues a trend that has seen a 200-percent inmate population increase since 1980, with a 9.5-percent increase in 1991 alone. Despite a crowding rate that hovered between 148 and 160 percent of capacity, the Bureau staff of 22,000 managed 68 institutions safely and securely. Because an increasing number of inmates are committed with substance abuse problems, the Bureau has given high priority to the expansion of a wide range of drug treatment programs. This report highlights these treatment programs and describes major program and management developments in the agency in 1991. The Bureau's emerging multidimensional approach to drug treatment builds on the programs previously established and adds some new ones. Program features include drug education, drug counseling services, and residential drug abuse treatment programs. The residential programs are based in living units, have a staff-to-inmate ratio of 1:24, last 9 months or 500 treatment hours, and provide comprehensive transitional services upon release. Throughout 1991 the Bureau continued its productive relationships with the many other agencies that compose the Federal criminal justice system. The Bureau and the National Institute of Corrections continued to support local and State corrections through a broad range of technical assistance and training programs. While expanding reliance on community corrections and intermediate punishments, the Bureau continued to bring mainstream values into prisons through volunteerism and outreach programs. Tabular data, a map and list of Bureau institutions, and a Bureau organizational chart