A: Admission to the Facility

1: Most correctional facilities do not offer intensive, individualized program planning geared toward preparation for release.

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  • Program planning, which may entail development of a programming plan, service coordination, monitoring of service delivery, and advocacy, ensures that inmates will receive treatment and that it will be matched to the needs identified during the assessment. [1]   However, fewer than half of all state corrections agencies have one or more program planners on staff. [2]   In 2001, there were 1,899 caseworkers for the 1.4 million individuals in prison. [3]   If other nonclinical, nonsecurity staff, such as social workers, are included in this figure, the counts broaden to just under 10,000-still translating to only one staff member for every 685 prisoners. [4]  

    1. Shelli B. Rossman et al., Impact of the Opportunity to Succeed (OPTS) Aftercare Program for Substance-Abusers (Washington, DC: The Urban Institute, 1999).

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    2. No citation found for FN_the-corrections-yearbook-2000! .

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    3. Ibid.

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    4. Ibid.

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