Counselling In Prisons

Elizabeth Zoccole
Are Counseling Program Available in Prisons of Various Security Levels?

Introduction and Abstract
With respect to the topic of drug and alcohol awareness programs being available in state, federal or local prisons, the five articles that are stated below contain relevant and statistical information. Per the Bureau of Justice Statistics, 3 out 4 State and 4 out 5 Federal prisoners may be categorized as alcohol or drug involved offenders. If such programs are put in place in these facilities, offenders would have the chance to talk in meetings with fellow addicts’ as well as talking one on one a case manager.
State, federal and local prison employees are a huge factor in drug and alcohol awareness, as well
For this study, for example, we will use the state of Ohio and all its federal, state and local prisons. I would look at what programs they offered, the number of offenders with alcohol or substance abuse problems, the total number of staff (to run programs efficiently). I would ask all facilities to provide information regarding their programs, etc. When the information is then collected, I would analyze it and see if the facilities are able to have such programs, and if they do not, help the facility figure out what needs to change to help the inmates. My Dependent Variable is Counseling/Rehab programs (9 max). The Independent Variables are as follows; Inmate to Staff Ratio- inmatetostaff, Programs- total # of programs, Minimum-V23recode==Minimum/low, Medium-V23recode==Medium, Maximum- V23recode==Maximum/close/high. The controlled variables that were looked at were; Stafftotal- # of total staff and Edstaff- # of educational staff members. Census of State and Federal Adult Correctional Facilities was data set
However, comparatively few prisoners actually get treatment. The current interferences tend to be temporary or non-clinical, and healthier approaches are wanted to assign drug-addicted inmates to level of care. Data collected from the 1997 Survey of Inmates in State Correctional Facilities. Countrywide illustrative examples of 14,285 inmates from 275 state prisons were looked at. The outcome shown was a basis for approximating their levels of treatment required. The context is strained partially from the American Society of Addiction Medicine Patient Placement Criteria and other corresponding procedures, including drug use severity, drug-related social penalties, and other societal and wellbeing difficulties. The concerns mark high levels of drug participation. Yet, there is still substantial difference in exactness of use and health and public costs. The approximation is that one-third of male and half of female convicts require in house treatment, but that half of male and one-third of female inmates may need no management and only short-term mediations. Treatment ability in state prisons is quite insufficient comparative to necessity, and developments in evaluations, treatment corresponding, and inmate inducements are needed to conserve uncommon treatment capitals and abridge inmate access to diverse levels of