Pre Release Substance Abuse Services

The following are substance abuse programs inside Texas Department of Criminal Justice Units.

Name Services/Description  Contact Information             

In Prison Therapeutic Community (IPTC)

An intensive six-month treatment program for eligible offenders who are within six months of parole release and who are identified as needing substance abuse treatment. The Board of Pardons and Paroles must vote to place qualified offenders in the therapeutic community program and successful graduates are then released on parole. Programming is similar to that of the SAFPF program. Treatment also includes an aftercare phase, which consists of residential care for three months followed by nine to twelve months of outpatient counseling. 

 Madeline Ortiz
 Division Director
 Rehab. & Reentry
 P. O. Box 99
 Huntsville, TX 77340
 936.437.2180

Pre Release Substance Abuse Program (PRSAP)

An intensive six-month program for eligible offenders within six to nine months of release as identified by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) Programs Division, Classification Department and Parole Division. Treatment modality is similar to the SAFPF program and includes three phases. 

 Madeline Ortiz
 Division Director
 Rehab. & Reentry
 P. O. Box 99
 Huntsville, TX 77340
 936.437.2180

Pre Release Therapeutic Commmunity (PRTC)

An intensive six-month treatment program for offenders in a therapeutic community setting which provides pre-release services to offenders within seven months of release. The PRTC is comprised of three components: educational/vocational, substance abuse treatment, and cognitive restructuring. 

 Madeline Ortiz
 Division Director
 Rehab. & Reentry
 P. O. Box 99
 Huntsville, TX 77340
 936.437.2180

Substance Abuse Felony Program Facility (SAFP)

An intensive six-month therapeutic community program (nine-month program for offenders with special needs) for offenders who are sentenced by a judge as a condition of community supervision or as a modification of parole/community supervision. The program consists of Phase I (Orientation), a comprehensive assessment and orientation of the Therapeutic Community; Phase II (Main Treatment), which includes education, skills training, offender lifestyle confrontation, family dynamics, and peer support groups; and Phase III (Re-Entry), the education of offenders in the development of social skills and the recognition of the triggers of relapse. The aftercare phase administers a diverse range of therapeutic, residential, outpatient, and resource programs. The Special Needs program provides educational components that address Axis I mental disorders as well as personality disorders, medication regimentation, and the interaction of disorders with substances of abuse.
 Madeline Ortiz
 Division Director
 Rehab. &  Reentry
 P. O. Box 99
 Huntsville, TX 77340
 936.437.2180