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KMID : 0614420170450010005
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Mental Health & Social Work
2017 Volume.45 No. 1 p.5 ~ p.35
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Prisoners’ Experiences of In-Prison Drug Rehabilitation Programs
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Song Jin-Hee
Seo Jong-Gun
Kwon Hae-Jin
Kim Yong-Seok
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Abstract
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Drug use is becoming a serious social problem, but coping is very poor, and related research that can provide evidence is also very scarce. In particular, there are no services for drug users in prison, except for rehabilitation programs. The result is a vicious cycle of prison reentry due to relapse and recidivism. Therefore, there is a need for active and effective interventions for prisoners with drug use problems. The purpose of this study is to explore the experiences of drug users in participating in prison-based drug rehabilitation programs due to drug use problems. For this purpose, the qualitative data obtained from 6 interviewees who participated in the program were analyzed. As a result, 6 categories and 14 subcategories in the areas of stigma and double attitudes were extracted. Inmates of this study participated in drug rehabilitation programs with realistic motives. However, it was found that stigma associated with them as drug abusers as well as criminals, being separated from society, and fake relationships with other inmates had effects on participants’ sobriety and willingness to recover. Finally, several suggestions for in-prison drug rehabilitation programs were made.
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KEYWORD
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illicit drug user, rehabilitation program, experience of incarceration, prison environment, stigma
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