Many offenders on community supervision participate in substance abuse programs or are routinely tested for drugs as part of their probation or supervision sentences.

• The pie chart below shows that the majority (83.0%) of those on community supervision who are participating in community-based substance abuse treatment programs do so on an outpatient basis. The other types of programs available to these offenders include secure (movement beyond the facility is restricted) and non-secure (movement is less restricted) programs.
  
  
• The bar chart below shows that of those who entered residential community-based drug treatment programs in FY 2000-01, 80.8% of those who successfully completed secure programs and 68.1% of those who completed non-secure programs have had no recommitment to Florida state prison or supervision after two years.
  
  
• While the number of offenders being tested for drugs increased again last year (bar chart below), the percentage of those testing positive for drugs decreased (9.1%).

Total Offenders Participating in Community-Based Substance Abuse Programs - FY 2002-03 Total = 32,938

Community Corrections Statewide Offender Drug Testing Over Five Years

Recommitment Rates Two Years After Program Entrance (in FY 2000-01) for Successful Completions for Residential Community-Based Substance Abuse Programs