Just released:?Alcohol and Drug Use and Treatment Reported by Prisoners

This report presents data about alcohol and drug use, use disorder, and treatment experienced by state and federal prisoners. It includes statistics on?

• drug and alcohol use among prisoners before they were imprisoned, highlighting differences by demographic characteristics
• prisoners? participation in drug and alcohol treatment programs since admission to prison
• prisoners who met the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV) dependence or abuse criteria for alcohol or drug use disorder.

Findings are based on self-reported data from BJS?s 2016 Survey of Prison Inmates (SPI).

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The report, Alcohol and Drug Use and Treatment Reported by Prisoners (NCJ 252641), was written by BJS Statistician Laura M. Maruschak and former BJS Statisticians Jennifer Bronson, Ph.D., and Mariel Alper, Ph.D. The report, related documents, and additional information about BJS?s statistical publications and programs are available on the BJS website at bjs.ojp.gov.

The Bureau of Justice Statistics of the U.S. Department of Justice is the principal federal agency responsible for collecting, analyzing, and disseminating reliable statistics on crime and criminal justice in the United States. Doris J. James is the acting director.

For more information on BJS's publications, data collections, data analysis tools, and funding opportunities,?visit?BJS online.