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Significance…..“…the Criminal Justice Treatment Initiative in theCalifornia Department of Corrections is the largestsingle state initiative in U.S. history targeting criminaldrug offenders.The growth of this initiative can be credited to theoutcomes obtained by the Amity Foundation, whichestablished the Amity Prison Therapeutic Communityat the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility inNovember of 1990.”Robert Presley, Agency Secretary, Youth and Adult CorrectionalAgency, November, 2000
CSP-LACFive year contract awarded to Amity Foundationbeginning June, 1998.Amity’s 2 nd In-Prison TC (SAP)—now have addedCTF Soledad & CSP Ironwood (Blythe).Target Population: 200 Level IV inmates with identifiedsubstance abuse problems in their files (or volunteers).Amity participants housed on yard D, Building 3.Trailers built in the vocational area (behind workchange) for Amity program activities.
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