"RDAP is a voluntary program that lasts between nine and 12 months (ordinarily, it requires roughly 38 weeks to complete in five-day workweeks, three-hour-a-day segments). The 500-hour program strives to educate inmates on the dangers of addiction. Most importantly, relapse prevention is stressed with the goal of helping inmates during post-release stay clean and sober to avoid reoffending. Congress appropriates more than $100 million annually for RDAP."
"To qualify for RDAP, inmates must have a verifiable substance abuse history during a so-called target period, which is one year prior to arrest. Eligibility for the program is ordinarily granted when the Presentence Report (a report prepared by the U.S. Probation Department for the sentencing court) reports that the defendant has a history of drug or alcohol abuse within 12 months of arrest or indictment, whichever is earlier."
"Whether a defendant has such a history or not, frequently, their attorney will advise the client to self-report to the Probation Department that they have been in the throes of addiction during the target period to qualify for RDAP. The criteria requiring a history of drug or alcohol abuse within 12 months of arrest or indictment is seldom verified by the BOP (if reported in the PSR) or even the US Attorney's Office prosecuting the defendant."
RDAP is a voluntary, 500-hour program typically completed over nine to 12 months that educates inmates about addiction and emphasizes relapse prevention to reduce post-release recidivism. Congress appropriates more than $100 million annually for RDAP. Eligibility requires a verifiable substance-abuse history during a target period—usually the year before arrest or indictment—and is ordinarily documented in the Presentence Report prepared by U.S. Probation. Defense attorneys commonly advise clients to self-report addiction during the target period to secure program admission. The Bureau of Prisons and U.S. Attorney's offices seldom verify target-period substance histories reported in the Presentence Report.
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