After 20 years of servicing the female population of inmates with addiction problems, the Freedom House in San Diego will be closing its doors on April 30th due to funding problems. The Freedom House has helped over 2000 women make the transition from prison back to society with a treatment rehabilitation base. The Freedom House helps women readjust to living outside of prison walls, obtain jobs, and get suitable housing while working with them on their sobriety and self-esteem.
Within one year after release from prison, 30.1% of women will return to prison if they received no drug treatment. Within two years from release, the statistics rise to a recidivism rate of 43.7% without treatment.
“State funding for substance-abuse programs serving adult offenders was cut by nearly 40 percent this fiscal year, said Peggy Bengs, a spokeswoman with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.”
“The number of substance-abuse programs in California prisons dropped from 44 at 21 correctional facilities to 13 programs at 13 facilities, while the number of treatment slots dropped from 12,200 to 2,400.”
“Freedom House was the only program in San Diego County that took in female prison inmates under a state drug-treatment furlough program, which allowed inmates to finish the last four months of their sentences at the house.”
It is sad to see when a program is working to help addicts turn their lives around, close its doors. You can read the full article regarding the Freedom House closing at SignOnSanDiego.com
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Tuesday, April 27, 2010
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