Substance Abuse Rehabilitation In American Corrections

illness and addiction. They are members of the surplus labor market—those that are unemployed due to limited skills and disabilities. They are a neighborhood’s youth, elderly, veterans, and immigrants, alienated from the norms and expectations of opportunity in a capitalist society. They are stigmatized so their actions and behaviors are non-normative, and public tolerance and policy dictates efforts to contain and manage them.
A number of historical developments have set the stage for the shift from being primarily “tough on crime” to effective treatment, but the critical role of substance abuse treatment in the history of rehabilitation in American Corrections is often overlooked. Substance abuse treatment has demonstrated success over the