RAPt

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RAPt (Rehabilitation for Addicted Prisoners Trust) provides services to offenders with drug and alcohol dependencies in UK prisons. RAPt set up the first specialised prison based programme exclusively for drug and alcohol misusers in 1991. The RAPt programme is based on the 12 Step Minnesota Model that requires total abstinence from drugs and alcohol.

1 Mission and Vision
2 History
3 External links
4 Research
5 See also

[edit] Mission and Vision

RAPt believes that a high standard of 12 Step abstinence based treatment should be made available to all those seeking to overcome drug and alcohol dependence, irrespective of age, gender, class or ability to pay. We believe that offenders with a history of substance abuse can, with the help from professional services, move away from addictive and criminal lifestyles, and lead positive and fulfilling lives.

RAPt aims to provide services to men and women caught up in the criminal justice system, that help them to turn their lives around, and thereby contribute to improved personal relationships, social integration and a reduction in criminal activity.

[edit] History

RAPt was established in 1991 as the Addicted Diseases Trust when Peter Bond, a recovering alcoholic, observed the success of abstinence based programmes in the United States. He, Jonathan Wallace and Michael Meakin, set up a charity to meet the needs of drug addicts in UK prisons.