division of substance abuse services
The South Carolina Department of Corrections Division of Substance Abuse Services is committed to maintaining the health and well being of all offenders incarcerated in the Agency. The primary goal of the Division is to identify, assess, and provide substance abuse programming opportunities that are educational and therapeutic for those offenders who may require such services. To the extent of available resources and funding, the Division will provide a continuum of services that will address the related needs of our offender population. The mission of the Division is to appropriately identify, assess the individual and collective substance abuse program needs of offenders; and initiate appropriate program placement within the South Carolina Department of Corrections. Additionally, the Division will assist each successful program participant with community reintegration planning. In order to achieve this mission, the Division of Substance Abuse Services will ensure that a broad range of relevant services, with varying levels of intensity is available. All services provided by the Division will be based on sound research, effective clinical practices, and will provide these services in a most cost-effective manner.Objective:
The South Carolina Department of Corrections’ Division of Substance Abuse Services will:
- Provide varying levels of substance abuse prevention, intervention and
treatment services that are individual and collectively appropriate.
- Provide programming and continuum of care guidance for
offenders that will increase the opportunities for successful community
re-integration.
- Provide residential programming that will maintain and
decrease a three (3) year re-incarceration rate that is less than 29.3%.
- Maintain and increase the quality and quantity of substance
abuse services with effective quality assurance and research efforts.
- Continuously provide training and staff development opportunities for employees,
and evaluate the effectiveness and appropriateness of services rendered.
A message from behind prison walls……… Drugs and drug-using behavior are linked to crime
in several ways. It is a crime to use, possess, manufacturer, or distribute
drugs classified as illegal. The efforts of drug-related behavior---violence
as the effects of use, robberies to get money to buy drugs, violence
against rival traffickers-----influence society daily. SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
2006 OFFENDER INFORMATION
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SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES PROGRAM DESCRIPTION BRIEFS
Women’s Recovery Academy: Located at the Leath Correctional Institution in Greenwood, SC, this is a 96-bed residential program for adult female offenders. The program is designed to provide offenders with 6-9 months of structured programming that is gender specific and uses a Therapeutic Community Model treatment approach.Goodman Addiction Treatment Unit: Located at the Goodman Correctional Institution in Columbia, SC, this is a 47-bed residential program for young straight-time sentenced and youthful offender females. The program is designed to provide offenders with 6 months of structured programming that is gender and age specific. The program uses a Therapeutic Community Model treatment approach.
Correctional Recovery & Straight Ahead Academies: Located at the Turbeville Correctional Institution in Turbeville, SC, this is a 272-bed program for youthful offender males (17-25). The participation length is typically 6-9 months and is designed to address substance abuse, cognitive and behavioral issues specific to this age group.
The Horizon Addiction Treatment Unit: Located at the Lee Correctional Institution in Bishopville, SC, this is a proposed 384-bed residential program for males serving an adult straight-time sentence (256 beds are currently operational). The program is designed to address substance abuse, criminal-thinking and other life skill issues using a Therapeutic Community Model treatment approach for 6 months. Court ordered and conditionally paroled offenders with identified substance abuse program needs are assigned priority admission status.
Screening, Identification & Orientation Program: This program is designed to screen and identify all newly admitted male and female offenders for potential substance abuse program needs. All offenders are screened using the Texas Christian University Drug Dependency Screen (TCUDDS). Offenders participating are provided with a substance abuse services and Agency Policies/Procedures overview prior to institutional assignment. These activities are conducted at our Reception & Evaluation sites in Columbia, SC.
General Admission Notes:
- Must be DOC identified as chemically dependent and/or court-ordered to treatment;
- No current or past sex crime convictions;
- Offenders with pending charges must receive additional DOC approval;
- Must be medically cleared if medical restrictions exist at time of admission;
- Offenders classified as mentally ill must be medically and therapeutically stabilized prior to admission. Written approval from DOC’s Division for Mental Health Services is required prior to admission review and approval;
- No documented history of assaulting behavior 6 months prior to admission.
Special Admission Notes:
- Must have no need for 24 hour medical care;
- Must be 17-25 years of age and sentenced as a Youthful Offender;
- Must meet custody/security level for the assigned institution;
- Must have at a minimum appropriate remaining sentence length from max out or 1 year from earliest parole eligibility date at time of admission.
The South Carolina Department of Corrections’ intensive long-term residential substance abuse treatment programs offer a possible alternative to long-term sentencing for many non-violent offenders. For additional information regarding the Sentencing Alternative Program and program placement, contact the Division of Substance Abuse Services at (803) 935-5663.