Reentry Drug Treatment Programs in the Criminal Justice System

There are many programs in the criminal justice system that is geared to helping the prisoners while they do their time. One of them is the drug treatment program, this program according to the Federal Bureau of Prison is supposed to provide inmates with drug treatment prior to reentry into society (Peters, R. 2019).

As drugs are linked to crime most criminals are being incarceration. There are only about half of state prisons that provide substance abuse treatment to its inmates (Peters, R. 1993). Drug treatment in or out of prison was designed to improve behavior, decrease criminal recidivism, improve employment, improve social relationships, and decrease relapse time between treatment (Peters, R. 1993). With many programs there has to be a major need for the program.

As more and more criminals were going to prison for drug crimes. Criminals