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In mid 2004, Scott Hassell, ECSO Chief of Corrections started the Substance Abuse Prevention Program inside the Detention Center. Since its inception, it has diverted over 1200 persons from the Alabama Department of Corrections. This single act has saved Alabama’s General Fund millions of dollars at Zero additional cost to the taxpayer (it uses existing resources). In the past few years, the program has grown to serve males and females, includes a work release component and has created a partnership with: Court, Aftercare, Community Corrections, CRO, local industry and countless others. We hope to serve as a model of how government and private sectors can work together to solve problems that face our community.
The SAP is a “Therapeutic Community” based program that uses the “Living in Balance” recovery curriculum to effect change in the participants. The program is a minimum of 16 weeks, but may be extended based upon the participants performance and participation. Due to the high demand for the program and the limited resources, we currently only accept court ordered persons from courts of the 16th Judicial Circuit.
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