A: Admission to the Facility
1: Most correctional facilities do not offer intensive, individualized program planning geared toward preparation for release.
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]
