Rehabilitation for the Betterment of Alaska: A Feasibility Study

ENGL: 212 Technical WritingAmber Betancourt

Overview•Introduction •Methods•Criteria•Results•Conclusion•Recommendations

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Introduction• The Alaska prison system is flooding with human traffic• Most of the people that are arrested are caught for drug

possession, or they are re-offenders• Re-offenders have little to no rehabilitation and go back

to drug use • These offenders:– Commit petty crimes to support their habits– Do not have stable lives/ jobs– Cause the most damage to themselves/ their families

Introduction

• These types of offenders are taking time away from lawyers, judges, cops who have much more serious crimes.

• My proposal of a state run rehab facility lockup center would: – Reduce the number of drug offenders– Educate inmates/ residents– Help them develop methods to eliminate their drug use– And build a healthy productive life

Methods

• Researched court views on drug/ alcohol abuse• Researched the benefits of a state run rehabilitation

center• Researched the cost of offenders to be put in prison• Researched the Alaska prison system• Interviewed a couple of local offenders• Distributed a questionnaire to 12 of Alaska

residents

Criteria

• Is there a growing need in the community for a center such as this?

• Will there be public support of building a state run rehabilitation center?

• Will this help lower the number of re-offenders?

Do you know anyone that has been negatively affected by drugs and alcohol?• This graph shows 11

participants responded yes out of 12

• These findings mean a lot of people are affected and it is one that should be solved to help our society grow and prosper

Have you or know someone who has gone to a treatment facility?

• It is more likely that less people have gotten treatment because many people refuse to admit their problem

• This shows us the need for a facility as I am proposing because more people know someone with a problem.

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People need help in order to stop using drugs and alcohol?

• This graph shows the need for there to be a facility to care for those with addiction problems if their family members do wish to get them some help to quit.

Conclusions

• From the data gathered, the community would support this facility.

• The projections journals sources and other publications there is a great deal of evidence to support the belief that this facility would in fact reduce the number of alcoholics and addicts that we see in our prison systems.

Recommendations

• To conduct more research on the cost of such a facility

• More interviews with parolee • More interviews with law makers • More interviews with psychologists in this

field • Conduct a survey that encompasses a larger

and broader scope of people

I hope you enjoyed my presentation!