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California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility and State Prison, Corcoran (SATF) is a male-only state prison located in the city of Corcoran, in Kings County, California. It is sometimes referred to as California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility, and Corcoran II.〔California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. (California's Correctional Facilities. ) 15 Oct 2007〕〔City of Corcoran, California. (About Corcoran. ) Accessed 18 Dec 2007〕 ==Facilities== As of fiscal year 2005-2006, SATF had a total of 1,786 staff and an annual operating budget of $230 million.〔 As of September 2007, it had a design capacity of 3,424 but a total institution population of 7,459, for an occupancy rate of 217.8 percent.〔California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. (Monthly Report of Population as of Midnight September 30, 2007. )〕 SATF's include the following facilities, among others:〔〔 * Level II housing ("Open dormitories with secure perimeter fences"). * Level III housing ("Individual cells, fenced perimeters and armed coverage"). * Level IV housing ("Cells, fenced or walled perimeters, electronic security, more staff and armed officers both inside and outside the institution"). SATF's most well-known program involves "two self-contained treatment facilities (739 beds each)... () were specifically designed to provide housing and residential substance abuse treatment for minimum security offenders with substance abuse problems."〔Prendergast, Michael L., and Harry K. Wexler (2004). (Correctional Substance Abuse Treatment Programs in California: a Historical Perspective. ) ''Prison Journal'', Vol. 84, No. 1, Pages 8-35.〕 The program uses a "therapeutic community" model which had produced low recidivism rates at Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility at Rock Mountain and California Institution for Women, and which had also been used at California Rehabilitation Center.〔〔Boot Camp Closes. Marine-Style Discipline Did Not End Criminal Behavior. ''Sacramento Bee'', August 3, 1997.〕 In the program, inmates "undergo at least 20 hours a week of individual and group substance abuse counseling, addiction education, relapse prevention, living skills workshops, anger management, conflict resolution, and even a class called 'identification and change of criminal thought processes'."〔Gogek, Jim, and Ed Gogek. Freedom Behind Bars. ''San Diego Union-Tribune'', June 4, 2000.〕 SATF has been described as "the largest addiction treatment center in the world."〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility and State Prison, Corcoran」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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