Drug Treatment: State Prisons Face Challenges in Providing Services

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO determined whether state prisons are providing drug treatment and arranging for aftercare services once inmates are released, focusing on the: (1) number of state inmates with substance abuse problems who need drug treatment and the number who receive it; (2) provisions for drug treatment by state prisons and arrangements for continuous care or aftercare for inmates upon their release; and (3) obstacles to providing drug treatment in state prisons.