Rsat programs allow preparation for alcohol and drug abusing offenders to reintegrate into their local communities throughout indiana

The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded $328,424 to the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute on October 1, 2025, under the Residential Substance Abuse Treatment for State Prisoners program (CFDA 16.593) to fund residential substance abuse treatment and reentry support for incarcerated offenders with substance use and co-occurring disorders across Indiana.

The award funds three treatment initiatives. The Indiana Department of Correction deploys technology for screening, evaluation of treatment needs, and linkage to community-based care before and after release. Bartholomew County Women Recovering for a Purpose provides therapeutic residential treatment to non-violent substance-abusing female offenders at high risk of recidivism. Bartholomew County Recovery Enables a Life for Men delivers therapeutic residential treatment and case management services to non-violent male offenders with substance use and co-occurring disorders who face high recidivism risk. All programs target recidivism reduction as their primary outcome.

Performance runs from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2029, with place of performance in Indianapolis, Indiana. The Indiana Criminal Justice Institute, operating as the policy and administration division of the Judiciary Courts of the State of Indiana, administers the grant as the designated state planning agency for criminal justice.

Beginning in jail or prison, this treatment can help these offenders become productive citizens and ultimately reduce the rate of recidivism. Indiana has funded three programs with rsat funds: indiana department of correction, uses technology for treatment, for screening and evaluation of needs, and for linkage and engagement to care in the community before and after release; bartholomew county women recovering for a purpose, which provides therapeutic residential treatment for non-violent substance-abusing female offenders who have substance use and often CO-occurring disorders and are at high risk of repetitive criminal behavior; and bartholomew county recovery enables a life for men, which provides therapeutic residential treatment and case management services to non-violent male offenders who have substance use and often CO-occurring disorders and are at high risk of repetitive criminal behavior. The main expected outcome for all of these programs is to reduce recidivism.