28 C.F.R. § 550.56 Institution residential drug abuse treatment program.
Title 28 - Judicial Administration
Residential drug abuse treatment is available at selected Bureau of Prisons institutions. It is a course of individual and group activities provided by a team of drug abuse treatment specialists and the drug abuse treatment coordinator in a treatment unit set apart from the general prison population, lasting a minimum of 500 hours over a six to twelve-month period. Inmates enrolled in a residential drug abuse treatment program shall be required to complete subsequent transitional services programming in a community-based program and/or in a Bureau institution. (a) Eligibility. An inmate must meet all of the following criteria to be eligible for the residential drug abuse treatment program. (1) The inmate must have a verifiable documented drug abuse problem. (2) The inmate must have no serious mental impairment which would substantially interfere with or preclude full participation in the program. (3) The inmate must sign an agreement acknowledging his/her program responsibility. (4) Ordinarily, the inmate must be within thirty-six months of release. (5) The security level of the residential program institution must be appropriate for the inmate. (b) Application/Referral/Placement. Participation in the residential drug abuse treatment program is voluntary. An inmate may be referred for treatment by unit or drug treatment staff or apply for the program by submitting a request to a staff member (ordinarily, a member of the inmate's unit team or the drug abuse treatment coordinator). The decision on placement is made by the drug abuse treatment coordinator. (c) Completion. Completion of the residential drug abuse treatment program requires attendance and participation in scheduled individual and group activities and a passing grade on examinations covering each separate subject module of the program. An inmate who fails an examination on any subject module ordinarily shall be allowed to retest one time. A certificate of achievement will be awarded to all who successfully complete the program. A copy of this certificate will be forwarded to the unit team for placement in the inmate's central file. (d) Withdrawal/expulsion. (1) An inmate may withdraw voluntarily from the program. (2) The drug abuse treatment coordinator may remove an inmate from the program based upon disruptive behavior related to the program. Ordinarily, staff shall provide the inmate with at least one warning prior to removal. An inmate may not ordinarily be removed immediately without warning unless the inmate, pursuant to an incident report, is found by the DHO to have: (i) Used or possessed alcohol or drugs; (ii) Been violent or threatened violence against staff or another inmate; or (iii) Committed a 100 level prohibited act. (3) Withdrawal or removal from the residential program may result in the inmate's being returned to his/her prior institution (when the inmate had been specifically transferred for the purpose of program participation). [60 FR 27694, May 25, 1995]
Title 28: Judicial Administration
PART 550—DRUG PROGRAMS
Subpart F—Drug Abuse Treatment Programs
§ 550.56 Institution residential drug abuse treatment program.
