The U.S. Sentencing Commission has released its second of two interactive resources providing an overview of certain Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) programs.
According to the BOP, RDAP is the “most intensive” drug treatment program the Agency has and requires that participants receive treatment in a specialized unit that houses only RDAP participants. The program lasts approximately nine months while the person is incarcerated at an institution and four to six months after the person is sent to prerelease custody (halfway house and home confinement).
Today's new resource illustrates the Residential Drug Abuse Treatment Program (RDAP), an intensive cognitive behavioral therapy program offered in some BOP facilities. It describes how RDAP participants may be eligible for and earn up to one year off their terms of imprisonment. Additionally, the resource features an interactive map of RDAP locations and program types.
Launched in January, the Commission’s first interactive BOP resource describes the implementation of the earned time credits system under the First Step Act. It outlines how incarcerated individuals may earn and apply time credits for engaging in recidivism reduction programming or productive activities. The resource also includes a glossary of terms and searchable table of offenses that prevent individuals from earning time credits under the First Step Act.