1. Effective Substance Abuse Programming For Offenders November 22 nd – 24 th, 2004 Bay Gardens Inn, Rodney Bay, St. Lucia RESEARCH GROUP Mrs. Jenney Singh – Republic of Trinidad & Tobago  Dr. Marcus Day – CDARI  Dr. Ken-Garfield Douglas – Bermuda (UK)  Dr. Patrick E. Prince – The Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis

2. RESEARCH GAPS 1. 1.Needs assessments at the local levels inclusive of agreed upon regional common indicators 2. 2.Strategic planning to enhance the T&R approaches for incarcerated populations 3. 3.Infrastructure development in the prison system to facilitate T&R approaches   Physical   Evidence informs  Policy  Legislation   Stakeholder Consultation and Consensus

3. 4. 4.Regional Standardize instrument for intake especially psychometric   Dialogue with the discipline   More involvement on the operational level   Inter disciplinary collaboration   Ongoing involvement from stakeholders   Public sensitization and awareness   Inclusion of civil society 5. 5.Implementation   Training   Evaluation RESEARCH GAPS

4.   Dealing with drugs in the prison system establishing in prison drug treatment programmes o oworkshops for prison guards o otraining of NGO service providers in the community who provide drug counselling for offenders o oworkshops with medical personal on addressing the medical consequences of drug abuse o oestablish evidence base on impact of incarceration on criminal careers of drug offenders o oidentify obstacles to alternative forms of disposing of drug offenders o oaddress skill gap in dealing with drug offenders in prison o odevelop alternatives to custodial sentencing o odevelop strategies for reintegration of released drug using inmates RESEARCH GAPS

5.   Referral process o oimprove the referral process whereby drug using offenders are referred to NGOs working with substance abuse after release RESEARCH GAPS