Post Release Outcomes of Methadone Maintenance Treatment Program (MMTP) Participants

Return to custody due to revocations with a new offence or revocations without an offence were examined for the duration of the study period – the offender’s date of release, until the earliest of warrant expiry date (WED), three years post release, or the end of the data collection period (January 9, 2012). [...] While the MMT and non-MMT groups were similar in terms of time to new offence and number and type of new offences committed, the trend in the data was towards a lower rate of re-offending for the MMT group (Johnson et al., 2001). [...] Factors influencing treatment outcomes Positive treatment outcomes within methadone treatment are influenced by a number of 2. This study was conducted prior to the introduction of Phase II of the MMTP and therefore only included offenders who were continuing methadone treatment that was initiated in the community prior to incarceration, and those who had recently participated in community MMT, as [...] The purpose of this report is to examine the correctional outcomes (i.e., returns to custody due to technical violations or the commission of new offences) following release from prison of men and women offenders who participated in the institutional MMTP during their prison sentence. [...] The reintegration potential rating for women and all Aboriginal offenders is based on the CRS rating, the static factor rating of the OIA, and the dynamic factor rating of the OIA.