The Department of Commerce receives funds from the U. S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Assistance through the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act (1968 as amended), to develop or enhance substance abuse treatment programs for offenders.

Commerce funds the statewide Residential Substance Abuse Treatment (RSAT) program for incarcerated adult, drug-involved, non-violent offenders. Offenders sentenced to terms in state prison at the Pine Lodge Corrections Facility, a state prison site and county jail programs at the Benton County Jail and, the Thurston County Corrections Center. RSAT programs at the county level also provide supervised treatment for adult drug court participants who failed to complete their court appointed drug abuse treatment programs.

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Services we Support:

• Supervised substance abuse treatment
• Residential Therapeutic Community treatment environment
• Various behavior-modification modalities such as Moral Reconation Therapy (MRT^®)
• Life skills education and training
• Transitional services upon release from incarceration into community
• parole supervision
• self-help and peer group programs

Active Programs we Support:

RSAT Projects:

• Department of Corrections Pine Lodge Facility RSAT Project
• Thurston County Correctional Facility RSAT Project

For more information on the RSAT Program in Washington State, please E-mail Harvey Queen or call, Program Manager at (360)725-3034, Safe and Drug-Free Communities Unit, Community Services Division, Washington State Department of Commerce.