Drug Abuse Treatment Program
2015-09-28 2015-09-28 2015-09-28 2015-09-28 2015-09-28 2015-09-28 2015-09-28 2015-09-28 2015-09-28 2015-09-28
BOP-2015-0005-0087 BOP-2015-0005-0038 BOP-2015-0005-0033 BOP-2015-0005-0023 BOP-2015-0005-0044 BOP-2015-0005-0020 BOP-2015-0005-0017 BOP-2015-0005-0058 BOP-2015-0005-0070 BOP-2015-0005-0090
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https://api.regulations.gov/v4/comments/BOP-2015-0005-0087 https://api.regulations.gov/v4/comments/BOP-2015-0005-0038 https://api.regulations.gov/v4/comments/BOP-2015-0005-0033 https://api.regulations.gov/v4/comments/BOP-2015-0005-0023 https://api.regulations.gov/v4/comments/BOP-2015-0005-0044 https://api.regulations.gov/v4/comments/BOP-2015-0005-0020 https://api.regulations.gov/v4/comments/BOP-2015-0005-0017 https://api.regulations.gov/v4/comments/BOP-2015-0005-0058 https://api.regulations.gov/v4/comments/BOP-2015-0005-0070 https://api.regulations.gov/v4/comments/BOP-2015-0005-0090
Sharon Anonymous Arlene April Noreen Rosalie Kiwana C Scott Jessenia
Kestner Anonymous Guerrero Morrell Malanga Rockers Fobb Finney Fauth Cantu
I am writing in support of BOP-2015-0005, Changes to the Residential Drug Abuse Treatment Program (RDAP)PERSONAL IDENTIFYING INFORMATION:  Please do not publish online but redact my following personal information: Sharon E. Kestner, 217 Hill Drive, Bristol TN 37620, (423)878-6430, sektn@btes.tv. Matthew Allen Branch 14162-084. I am writing to urge the BOP to permit prisoners with detainers to take advantage of early release.Right now, prisoners with state or immigration detainers may not benefit from the one-year reduction because part of theRDAP is completed in community confinement and prisoners with detainers may not be incarcerated in halfway houses.Nothing in the federal law authorizing early release requires a period in community confinement and that is according to theAmerican Psychiatric Association. The RDAP program can be successfully completed without a community portion.This would enable prisoners with detainers to participate in the program and enable many more prisoners to benefit.I am writing specifically in regard to my nephew, Matthew Allen Branch 14162-084. He will complete his RDAPprogram at FCI Beaumont Medium, around October 26, 2015. He currently has a detainer in Bristol, VA due to VOP. If he is not allowed to benefit from the early release incentive, then he continues to be penalized for his past and thingsthat are now, beyond his control. At some point the snow ball has to stop. This is the first time he has ever receivedtreatment for addiction. Locking an addict up, is not the answer. The treatment he has received since enrolled in RDAP,has been wonderful and has given him the tools he needs to live a successful free life.  He should be given a opportunityto prove himself based on his positive changes he has made as an Federal inmate including, being a model prisoner, earning his GED, working, and soon to complete the 9 Month of RDAP. I am asking you to please consider an implement the proposal that will allow my nephew and other non-violent inmates with detainers, to be rewarded with the time off andnot be penalized again for their past. Sincere Thanks! Sharon E. Kestner, 217 Hill Drive, Bristol, TN 37620, (423)878-6430, sektn@btes.tv I am in support of this proposal which would allow a 1 year deduction in a sentence for an inmate who would complete a 9 month Residential Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Program I need my husband at home, 7 years is enough, i hope qualify to take this program. Everyone makes mistake in life, but that doesnt mean they have to pay for them the rest of their life. Sometimes good people make bad choices, it doesnt mean they are bad, It means they are human..  Hello, I am submitting this in favor for this law to be passed.I believe that this program could be very beneficial to many of the inmates locked up. This program could help them in many ways. Not only could they come home a year earlier but they have this year to reconnect with their family. Some of them have been or will be locked up for many years. I believe that if you do the crime you do the time,however, in the time that they are away many learn so many lessons. I also believe that a lot of them would not even be there if they never would have got on drugs in the first place. For some that are there they have lost more then words could explain. They have lost loved ones and could not say a proper good bye. They are missing out on their childrens lives. When they get out their children will be grown. I believe that there are some good people that let there self get in a bad sittuation. Yes, do the time. However, for the ones who can own up to their mistakes, do everything in their power to do right now deserve to have this program. So I ask on behalf of not only the inmates, but the families on the outside for this law to be passed.  My name is Noreen Malanga and I support the proposed rule by the BOP, Docket ID: BOP-2015-0005 where the Bureau proposes to revise the Residential Drug Abuse Treatment Program (RDAP) for federal prisoners. (Redact PERSONAL IDENTIFYING INFORAMTION for Noreen Malanga) The purpose of this revision is to help support prisoners reduce their recidivism rates by assessing the inmates progress through clinical evaluation rather than a written assessment that is no longer in clinical use, remove rules that would expel prisoners if they should happen to use drugs and/or alcohol or commit acts of violence during treatment/incarceration, limit the time frame for review of certain offenses, and lessen the restrictions for early release eligibility. As the mother of a federal inmate being held on drug offenses and that supports clinical evaluation and treatment and the practice of drug rehabilitation during incarceration, the proposed rule would positively impact the 94,700 federal inmates that are currently in custody for drug related offenses. 1 My son, Daniel Malanga, Federal Inmate 20170-052, was sentenced in April 2014 for drug related offenses (redact PERSONAL IDENTIFYING INFORMATION for Daniel Malanga) and is currently in custody of the Berlin Federal Correctional Facility in Berlin New Hampshire. His participation in RDAP and an early release would lessen the cost burden on the United States Government and its tax payers to maintain Daniels prolonged incarceration for his drug offenses. To the cost of incarcerating drug offenders and the need for early release, as of August 20, 2015, 48.6% of Federal inmates are in custody for drug offenses; thats 94,700 inmates.1 The Federal Register of the Daily Journal of the United States Government states that the average annual cost of incarceration for a federal prisoner is $29, 291.25. 2 In order to maintain drug offenders for an entire year, the annual cost, based on these statistics, would amount to over 2.73 billion dollars.  According to Ann Carson, in September of 2014, of the US Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Statistics, Between 2001 and 2013, more than half of prisoners serving sentences of more than a year in federal facilities were convicted of drug offenses (table 15 and table 16). On September 30, 2013 (the end of the most recent fiscal year for which federal offense data were available), 98,200 inmates (51% of the federal prison population) were imprisoned for possession, trafficking, or other drug crimes. 3   With reduced sentencing and participation in the proposed revised Residential Drug Abuse Treatment Program, not only would federal inmates benefit from a reduced recidivism rate, but the Federal Governments cost (ultimately a burden on US tax payers) to maintain those convicted of drug offenses would lessen with early release. In conclusion, the cost benefit of early release would lessen the burden on the US Government and its taxpayers, as the cost to maintain a federal prisoner held in custody for drug offenses in exorbitant at over 2.73 billion dollars. Once again, I fully support the revision of the proposed rule by the BOP, Docket ID: BOP-2015-0005 where the Bureau proposes to revise the Residential Drug Abuse Treatment Program (RDAP) for federal prisoners. REFERENCES 1 Federal Bureau of Prisons. Statistics of Offenses. Updated August, 20, 2015. Web.http://www.bop.gov/about/statistics/statistics_inmate_offenses.jsp 2 Federal Register, Daily Journal of the United States Government. May 12, 2014. Department of Justice and Bureau of Prisons. Web. https://federalregister.gov/a/2014-10859 3 Carson, E. Ann. Prisoners In 2013. Washington, DC: US Dept of Justice Bureau of Justice Statistics, Sept. 2014, NCJ247282. Federal data: p. 16; state data: p. 15 http://www.drugwarfacts.org/cms/Prisons_and_Drugs#sthash.w2AtviUp.4B4TQLBI.dpuf BOP-1168-PI want to voice my support for the proposed revisions for the RDAP program for federal inmates. I believe it to be a beneficial program and the statistics show that it has been helpful for recidivism. I believe some compensation of reduction in time should be awarded to as many inmates as possible that complete this program. It would offer encouragement and self worth which is important to everyone, imprisoned or not.  It is a great second option for non violent offenders with so many charged with 2 point enhancement it stops them from having a chance to get involved and learning something to have a better chance for when they get released. I have read the revisions the Bureau of Prisons is proposing in order to allow more inmate participation. I strongly support the RDAP program as I have seen its positive effects on enrollees. I have noticed improved communication skills and anger management coping mechanisms being applied based on classes taught at RDAP and feel that these skills will not only be greatly beneficial to inmates who have taken the courses and will renter society with these new skill sets, but I also feel that society will benefit as well since inmates are learning how to express themselves, control their anger and identify triggers and patterns that have not been favorable to their well-being in the past. I believe allowing more inmates to enter the program will benefit them and society. I hope the Bureau allows inmates even with violent records to partake in the classes, even if they are not allowed early release, as stated by the proposed revisions proposed in the RDAP document.I do have some questions that I did not see addressed in the document: What are the rewards for inmates partaking in the program on their own volition? Some, I understand are not afforded early release, but it would seem if they are taking this program to improve their odds of success in society and reduce their rates or recidivism and they are successful and actively participating in the program, then should they not be granted some sort of incentive as well? Particularly those with long sentences? I read in the proposed revisions that RDAP reduces recidivism by approximately 8 percent for males and approximately 5 percent for females. While any reduction of recidivism is laudable, what efforts has or is the Bureau planning to incorporate in RDAP to lower the rates further? Are there comparable programs globally the the Bureau has studied to incorporate strategies to lower recidivism rates and increase the odds of success for the incarcerated individual and their family, since prison affects the family as well as the individual? The document states that approximately 18,000 inmates in FY 2014 participated in the program and that additional resources will not be necessary to accommodate the increased number of individuals attending the program. How will this affect the quality of training and preparation for release? Is the success rate expected to increase or decrease based on this information?  I hope the Bureau successfully allows more inmate participation and early release for those successfully completing the program as this will not only benefit inmates, but their families, and the American public as well. It is my opinion that All Inmates in the RDAP Program should get all the benefits from the program, they go through a process to get into the program so if they make it then they should not be penalized by not getting all the benefits including the Time Off Credit.  So I hope that the rules are changed to allow All Inmates in the RDAP Program to get the time off credits for completion of the program!!One of my best friends husband is in this program  has successfully completed it  he has learned allot from the program, its not fair that due to his charge he is not getting the time off credits!!  He has bettered himself by also taking training classes for his CDL  also Animal Rescue.Like I said, hope you give all the inmates the time off credits for completion of RDAP no matter what their charge is!! BOP-2015-0005.  I believe they should be granted the year off for completing the program. I believe that them completing the program shows that they are ready for all treatment and to be able to go home to their families. Family support is a big factor on their completion of these programs.  I believe they deserve a second chance on proving themselves to society and their families. I think they will do better at home getting the proper treatment and not being locked away from society. If they continue being locked away when they are released they will not know how to be a normal human being in society. They are proving themselves as they complete the program that they are ready for a successful future.. Lets give them a second chance! Thank you in advance for you assurance in this matter! 