The DASIS Report: Substance Abuse Services and Staffing in Adult Correctional Facilities

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Highlights:

• Approximately 94 percent of Federal prisons, 56 percent of State prisons, and 33 percent of jails provided on-site substance abuse treatment to inmates.

• In all types of adult correctional facilities with treatment, the most common setting for substance abuse treatment was in the general population of the facility.

• In most Federal and State prisons with treatment, the substance abuse treatment providers were paid staff members rather than volunteer providers - - although volunteers were more common in State prisons than in Federal prisons.

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This Short Report, The DASIS Report:  Substance Abuse Services and Staffing in Adult Correctional Facilities, is based on the Drug and Alcohol Services Information System (DASIS), the primary source of national data on substance abuse treatment.  DASIS is conducted by the Office of Applied Studies (OAS) in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).  

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SAMHSA, an agency in the Department of Health and Human Services, is the Federal Government's lead agency for improving the quality and availability of substance abuse prevention, addiction treatment, and mental health services in the United States.

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