The website I found is http://drugcourt.com.  This website is about "Fairview treatment services" in Louisiana state.  There are five kinds of institutions: Inpatient treatment center, St Mary Parish family-focused juvenile drug court, St Mary Parish adult drug court, Iberia adult drug court, and Clair house for women and children.  From these institutions, I picked and focused on "Inpatient treatment center."  It is 50 bed treatment facility treating people for chemical dependency such as drug addiction.  The basic tools for behavioral changes are group therapy, education, individual counseling, and a community based approach.  The clients’ daily schedule in Inpatient treatment center is very methodical.  They wake up at 6am and go to bed at 11pm everyday.  Also, they are required to have medication, group therapy, exercise, recreation, and assignments/study time. 

In inpatient treatment center, there are rules and regulations for the clients.  The clients have to dress standards of propriety, safety, and health.  If they dress inappropriate, staff will point them out. Food and food service will be pointed out in detail through Nursing Staff.  There will be no smoking anywhere on the unit.  Also, no drinking or talking prescribed or illegal drugs on Fairview grounds.  Room duties: the clients have to wet mop under bed once a week and dust mop as needed.  TV hours: to remain focused on treatment, time for TV is kept to a minimum.  The clients can watch only news program during the week, on the weekends, they can watch whatever they want.  The goal of these rules and regulations is two fold.  First, to insure good order, smooth running of day-to-day necessities.  Second, to provide clients with a vehicle for gradually surrendering control to make the transition to the living in society again easier.

Inpatient treatment center is little different from drug courts. Client in drug court is outpatient, but Client in the treatment center has to be inpatient and cure their drug addiction or alcoholism intensively.

Ayumi Sugai

10-30-00