Drug abuse treatment programs in the Federal Bureau of Prisons: initiatives for the 1990s.

Developing high-quality treatment programs is a foreboding challenge in any setting, particularly within a correctional setting. The groundwork has been established for one of the most comprehensive, longitudinal evaluations ever conducted with correctional populations regarding the effectiveness of professionally managed treatment programs. The long-term outcome evaluations should provide information regarding the effectiveness of a multitiered intervention strategy within the correctional setting. This kind of evaluation is reflected in the proposal for the evaluation of the BOP Drug Abuse Treatment Programs, submitted to NIDA (Federal Bureau of Prisons 1990). In the months and years ahead the study is expected to yield important information that will advance knowledge of substance abuse treatment.