II. METHODOLOGY

• The drug control percentages are based on the number of inmates currently incarcerated or projected to be incarcerated for drug convictions.

• The mission of the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) is to protect society by confining offenders in the controlled environments of prisons and community-based facilities that are safe, humane, and appropriately secure, and which provide work and other self-improvement opportunities to assist offenders to become law-abiding citizens.



• The BOP supports Goal 2 and Goal 3 of the National Drug Control Strategy by reducing drug-related violence and crime, as well as expanding drug treatment capacity and services to its inmates.

• BOP provides custodial care for over 96,000 Federal inmates in BOP facilities.



• Additionally, BOP contracts with state, local, and private correctional institutions to house over 4,500 Federal inmates, houses approximately 4,900 inmates in contract Community Correction Centers and is responsible for over 1,200 inmates in home confinement.



• BOP also incarcerates state and local offenders in Federal facilities under certain circumstances. BOP is reimbursed by the states and localities for this service, except from the District of Columbia.

• In response to the rapid growth in the Federal inmate population having drug abuse histories, BOP has developed a comprehensive drug abuse treatment strategy consisting of four components: drug abuse education; non-residential drug abuse counseling services; residential drug abuse program; and community-transitional services programming. About 30.5 percent of the sentenced inmate population are "drug dependent" and require some type of drug abuse treatment program.



• The drug abuse education component provides the inmate with specific instruction on the risks involved in drug using and abusing behaviors; presents strategies toward living a drug-free lifestyle, while introducing the inmate to the concepts of drug treatment, and motivates the inmate to volunteer for participation in the Bureau's residential drug abuse treatment program.



• Non-residential drug abuse counseling services offer the flexibility for those who do not meet the requirements for the residential drug abuse treatment program. This program is also available for aftercare treatment, as needed once an inmate has completed the residential treatment program.



• The residential drug abuse program is voluntary, with a length of stay of six to twelve months (varies by facility/program). It provides unit-based living with extensive assessment, treatment planning, and individual and group counseling.



• Community transition programs are available to inmates who have completed the residential drug abuse treatment program and are released to the community under Bureau custody, as part of their community program plan, to assist in the adjustment back into society.

IV. BUDGET SUMMARY

1997 Base Program

• The 1997 base program includes $1,961.5 million and 18,159 FTEs. This provides $1,936.2 million for corrections and $25.2 million for drug treatment activities. Corrections resources support Goal 2 of the Strategy while drug treatment resources support Goal 3.

• The total FY 1998 drug control budget request is $2,023.1 million, an increase of $61.6 million over the FY 1997 enacted level. The FY 1998 request is identified below by Strategy Goal.

• The total FY 1998 drug control request for Goal 2 activities is $1,996.9 million, an increase of $60.7 million over the FY 1997 enacted level.



• Funding increases are for prison activations, increases for new responsibilities associated with the Electronic Freedom of Information Act, and enhancement of BOP intelligence gathering.



• The drug-related portion of the new prison construction request is $93.6 million. If approved, the FY 1998 construction request will add 1,216 beds.

• The total FY 1998 drug control request for Goal 3 activities is $26.1 million, an increase of $0.9 million over the FY 1997 enacted level. This increase provides additional drug treatment resources for a growing prison population.

V. PROGRAM STATISTICS

	1996 Actual	1997 Estimate	1998 Projected
Additional Beds to Come On-Line	4,403	6,444	10,817
Total Rated Capacity	76,442	82,886	93,703
Overcrowding Rate	24%	19%	12%

VI. PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• During FY 1996, 12,460 inmates participated in Drug Education programs; 3,552 inmates participated in non-residential programs; 5,445 inmates participated in residential programs, and 4,083 inmates participated in community transition programs.



• In late FY 1996, the Bureau's Office of Research and Evaluation conducted a study to determine if residential drug abuse treatment programs impacted inmates in high security institutions. This study found the rates of misconduct for inmates who graduated from a high security residential drug abuse treatment program were reduced by almost half, two years post-treatment.



• BOP will continue to treat "eligible" inmates in need of substance abuse treatment as directed by the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994. "Eligible inmates" are defined as inmates with a substance abuse disorder who volunteer for treatment.