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| Federal Funding for Oregon Inmate Drug Program Ends |
| By Join Together Online |
| Published: 09/16/2002 |
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The Intensive Treatment Program (ITP) at the Lane County (Ore.) Jail, geared toward helping the criminal offenders break free of their addictions, will end this month when a three-year federal grant for the program runs out, the Eugene Register-Guard reported Sept. 2. The program, with its $279,000 budget, has enrolled 119 inmates in the past three years -- largely people who would not be able to enter treatment programs outside of the strictly controlled jail environment. Captain John Clague, corrections division manager, said the ITP helps show inmates the errors that keep them in trouble, and holds them accountable every day of the program. And the program has shown short-term success. Graduates of the ITP averaged only 2.3 arrests in the year following completion, compared to an average 8 before entering the program. However, without federal funding the county will not be able to support the program, Lane County Commissioner Bobby Green said. Richard Sherman, mental-health director at the jail, noted, 'If we simply release [the inmates] again, we can only expect they will continue to behave in the same manner as what got them in trouble.' |
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