IV. All Correctional Facilities

E. Treatment Settings

For the purposes of the survey, three different treatment settings were studied: substance abuse treatment provided in a specialized unit within the institution, treatment or counseling in the general facility inmate population, and substance abuse treatment provided in a hospital/psychiatric inpatient unit within the institution.

Respondents were asked which type of treatment was provided within their correctional facility. Of the 3,027 facilities that reported providing treatment, about 84% reported that they provided treatment for the general facility population either alone or in some combination with other treatment settings (see Table 9). About 71% of facilities with treatment provided general population treatment only, while an additional 13% provided treatment in the general facility population in combination with other treatment in specialized units or hospital/psychiatric units (see Table 10).

About 26% of correctional facilities providing treatment did so in specialized treatment units. Over half of those provided treatment in specialty units only, while the rest had specialty treatment units in combination with treatment for the general facility population and/or in hospital inpatient units. Only about 5% of correctional facilities provided treatment in inpatient hospital settings, usually in combination with another setting.

Overall, treatment in the general facility population was the predominant treatment setting for each facility type. About 94% of the Federal prisons provided general facility population treatment, and 82% of state prisons, 79% of jails, and 89% of juvenile facilities provided general facility population treatment either alone or in combination with other treatment settings.
  
Table 9
Correctional Treatment Facilities Providing Each Treatment Setting in Any Combination, by Facility Type

Treatment Setting
Treatment Facility Type
Total
Federal Prisons
State Prisons
Jails
Juvenile Facilities
Total, All Treatment Facilities
3,027
  121
 716
1,047
1,143
Specialized Treatment Unit
26.3%
40.5%
33.0%
30.9%
16.4%
General Facility Population Treatment
83.8%
94.2%
82.0%
78.5%
88.8%
Hospital or Psychiatric Treatment Unit
5.0%
5.8%
5.7%
7.6%
2.1%

Note: Percentages are based only on facilities reporting that they offered any substance abuse treatment. Percentages total more than 100% because some facilities offered treatment in more than one setting.

Sources: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, Uniform Facility Data Set (UFDS) 1997 Survey of Correctional Facilities, and 1996 UFDS Survey.

  
Table 10
Correctional Treatment Facilities Providing Each Combination of Treatment Settings, by Facility Type

Total
Federal Prisons
State Prisons
Jails
Juvenile Facilities
Number of Facilities
Total, All Treatment Facilities
3,027
121
716
1,047
1,143
Specialized Treatment Unit Only
434
7
114
191
122
General Facility Population Treatment Only
2,137
67
454
676
940
Hospital or Psychiatric Treatment Unit Only
32
0
8
20
4
Specialized Unit & General Facility Population Treatment
304
40
107
100
57
Specialized Unit & Hospital/Psychiatric Treatment Unit
23
0
7
14
2
General Facility Population Treatment & Hospital/Psychiatric Unit Treatment
62
5
18
27
12
Combination of All Three Settings
35
2
8
19
6
Percentage of Facilities
Total, All Treatment Facilities
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
Specialized Treatment Unit Only
14.3%
5.8%
15.9%
18.2%
10.7%
General Facility Population Treatment Only
70.6%
55.4%
63.4%
64.6%
82.2%
Hospital or Psychiatric Treatment Unit Only
1.1%
0.0%
1.1%
1.9%
0.3%
Specialized Unit & General Facility Population Treatment
10.0%
33.1%
14.9%
9.6%
5.0%
Specialized Unit & Hospital/Psychiatric Treatment Unit
0.8%
0.0%
1.0%
1.3%
0.2%
General Facility Population Treatment & Hospital/Psychiatric Unit Treatment
2.0%
4.1%
2.5%
2.6%
1.0%
Combination of All Three Settings
1.2%
1.7%
1.1%
1.8%
0.5%

Sources: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, Uniform Facility Data Set (UFDS) 1997 Survey of Correctional Facilities, and 1996 UFDS Survey.

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