FOR DRUG DETOX & REHAB CALL:
USA: 1-800-349-7616
CAN: 1-800-385-2918
UK: 44 (0) 7522 921739
Call RIGHT NOW
We're open 7 days a week,
365 days a year. |
University of Baja,
4.5 Year Recidivism Study Summary on
Heroin Addicted Convicts
Summary of a study of
The Impact of the Second Chance Program on Criminal Recidivism
by
The University of Baja,
the State of Baja California,
the National Association of Penitentiaries of Mexico
and the Mexican Society of Criminology
This is the summary of a 4.5 year study of the
impact of the Second Chance Program on the criminal recidivism
rate in the Ensenada Prison in Ensenada, Mexico. It was jointly
conducted by the University of Baja, the State of Baja California,
the National Association of Penitentiaries of Mexico, and the
Mexican Society of Criminology.
The Ensenada prison contains inmates being held prior to sentencing
as well as those sentenced with no separation of the most serious
offenders from the least. When the Second Chance Program was started
as a pilot in 1995, over 90% of the inmates inside the prison
were addicted to and still using heroin while incarcerated. The
object was to create a program that could be expanded to include
the entire prison rehabilitating not only the drug addiction but
the criminal behavior as well. For this reason a cross-section
of the prison was admitted into the program. The participants
ranged from hired killers and drug dealers, to those with robbery
convictions. It included those who were addicted to heroin and
were being held for sentencing.
Some of the inmates who were admitted to the program were released
within a few weeks, some a few months. For this reason the results
were measured against the steps of the Program each inmate completed
prior to release, rather than only considering those who had completed
the entire Program.
Of the 1460 who participated, 1004 had been released. Of these,
124 returned to prison over a 4 1/2 year period.
Of those who returned, their level of participation was as follows:
| Step |
No. Returned |
% |
| Total
completing the initial detox step (Approximately one week) |
91 |
9.06% |
| Total
completing the entire Drug Rehab Module |
14 |
1.39% |
| Total
completing the Education Module |
13 |
1.29% |
| Total
completing the Self-Respect Module |
6 |
0.60% |
| Total
completing the entire Program |
0 |
0% |
To learn more on how we can help you end your addiction and how we can aleviate
the discomfort of drug withdrawal, Call us now on our toll free number.
TALK to a Narconon Counselor Now
USA: 1-800-349-7616
CAN: 800-385-2918
About Detox
Narconon • What Makes Narconon
Different • Teenage Drug Abuse
• Teenage Alcohol
Abuse • Effects of Ecstacy • Effects
of Ecstacy Detox • Trail Mix Effects
|
