Substance Abuse Program Targets Women on Probation

RAPID CITY, S.D. - July 26, 2018 - PRLog -- A substance abuse program implemented in Rapid City, South Dakota is going to be aiming to keep the local women who have committed nonviolent criminal offenses from going back to prison.

The program gives women who have the terms of their probation established and are battling an addiction the opportunity to spend a period of three months at a drug and alcohol detoxification center located in the Pennington County region, where Rapid City is located.

The first client of the program — called the Lutheran Social Services and City County Alcohol and Drug program — will be starting treatment this week. The former inmate already has two violations to the terms of her probation and without the program, she would be returning to a correctional facility in the area. Each woman that enters the program will be able to receive an individualized treatment plan that will feature several resources to address a range of needs that they may have, from substance use disorders and case management to mental health conditions and issues related to trauma.

If the women complete the full three months at the drug and alcohol detoxification center and get nine extra months of community support.

According to South Dakota officials, programs such as the Lutheran Social Services and City County Alcohol and Drug program are not just able to support the women who need addiction treatment services but also routes to make the other members of the community feel safer.

The Lutheran Social Services and City County Alcohol and Drug program has a total of six slots available to accommodate the women who need treatment but by September the number of beds available for the participants of the substance abuse program is expected to be doubled.

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