Implementing therapeutic community as a rehabilitation intervention for the imprisoned narcotic drug offenders with substance use disorder: special reference to Sri Lanka

Narcotic offenders with substance use disorder (SUD) have become a severe burden around the world including Sri Lanka. Prisons and other rehabilitation centers are threatened by overcrowding, due to recidivism, rearrest, and re-incarceration of narcotic offenders with SUD and limited capacities avai...

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Published in:Journal of offender rehabilitation 2022-05, Vol.61 (4), p.188-206
Main Authors: Jayamaha, A. R., Herath, H. M. N. D. M., Dharmarathna, H. N. N. D., Ranadeva, N. D. K., Amarabandu, P. N., Senanayake, B., Darshana, A. T., Renuka, A. N., Samarasinghe, K. L., Fernando, S. S. N.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Community Relations
Correctional Institutions
Correctional Rehabilitation
Criminal sentences
Drug Abuse
Drug addiction
Drug offenders
Drug use
Drugs
Imprisonment
Intervention
narcotic drug offenders
Narcotics
prison
Prisons
Psychotherapy
Recidivism
Rehabilitation
Rehabilitation Centers
Rehabilitation of criminals
Substance abuse
substance abuse disorder
Substance use disorder
therapeutic community
Therapeutic Environment
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Summary:Narcotic offenders with substance use disorder (SUD) have become a severe burden around the world including Sri Lanka. Prisons and other rehabilitation centers are threatened by overcrowding, due to recidivism, rearrest, and re-incarceration of narcotic offenders with SUD and limited capacities available in these centers. The therapeutic community (TC), owing to its comprehensive approach, long history of use, proven efficacy, and more importantly its relatability to Asian culture, has made it more appropriate for narcotic offenders with SUD sentenced to imprisonment, to subdue SUD while serving their prison sentence. TC is a rehabilitation intervention found by Tom Main in 1946 and a proper understanding of its core concept and elements is important when implementing a TC program. However, challenges are inevitable that need to be overcome when implementing a prison TC program. This paper intended to provide an insight to consider TC as a rehabilitation intervention for the imprisoned narcotic drug offenders with SUD. A special reference is provided to Sri Lanka, given its current requirement for an appropriate rehabilitation model for the prison community suffering from SUD.
ISSN:1050-9674
1540-8558
DOI:10.1080/10509674.2022.2062519