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his report examines substance about the availability of drug and alcohol
abuse treatment in juvenile cor- treatment and supplemental on-site ser-
rectional facilities. The Uniform vices in the nation’s correctional facilities.
Facility Data Set 1997 Survey of Correc- Treatment was defined to include ser-
tional Facilities1 collected information vices such as detoxification, group or
individual counseling, rehabilitation, and
In Brief methadone or other pharmaceutical
treatment. Supplemental services
● Among juvenile correctional included education and awareness pro-
facilities, 37 percent provided grams, needs assessment, drug testing,
on-site substance abuse and self-help programs. The survey in-
treatment and 59 percent cluded juvenile facilities identified by the
conducted drug testing Department of Justice as facilities under
● States varied from 13 percent the purview of a correctional or juvenile
to 63 percent in providing on- justice agency or otherwise associated
site treatment in juvenile with a State or local corrections system.
facilities The response rate of juvenile facilities
● Facilities operated by private was 94 percent. Information from 148
organizations or those with juvenile facilities already surveyed in the
fewer than 25 residents were 1996 Uniform Facility Data Set was
more likely to offer treatment added for a total sample size of 3,127
juvenile correctional facilities.
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DASIS REPORT: DRUG AND ALCOHOL TREATMENT IN JUVENILE CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES May 10, 2002
Percent of Facilities
individuals younger than 18 years 63.5
59.4
of age were receiving substance
abuse treatment within these
42.2
facilities (data not shown). Of the 36.7
1,143 facilities offering treatment,
more than 90 percent provided
individual counseling or group
counseling, and 72 percent 5.1
2041
Percent of Facilities
Number of Facilities
59.0 58.2
47.9
44.4
29.9
484
326
178
67
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