The Bureau is presently conducting research on classification, drug treatment, Intensive Confinement Centers, management indicators, the Post-Release Employment Project, and privatization. For more information on these projects or for general inquiries on research and statistics, please e-mail info@bop.gov.

ONGOING RESEARCH PROJECT: Treating Inmates Addicted to Drugs (TRIAD)

Follow the links below to view executive summaries of the Bureau's TRIAD project. Please note, Adobe Acrobat is required to view some of the summaries.

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• Antisocial Personality and Depression Among Incarcerated Drug Treatment Participants (, size 33K)
• Comparison of Background Characteristics and Behaviors of African American, Hispanic, and White Substance Abusers Treated in Federal Prison (, size 269K)
• Staying in Treatment: How Much Difference is There From Prison to Prison? (, size 216K)
• Treatment Entry and Retention: Findings from the TRIAD Study (, size 342K)
• What is Your Attitude: Female and Male Drug Users (, size 51K)

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• Federal Prison Residential Drug Treatment: Gender Comparisons in Three-Year Outcomes ()
• Gender Differences Among Prisoners Entering Drug Treatment ()
• Self-Efficacy, Drug Treatment and Relapse: A Sample of Federal Prisoners ()
• The Effect of the BOP’s Residential Drug Abuse Treatment Program on Prisoner Misconduct ()