In order to meet the varied treatment needs of youthful sex offenders, a continuum of treatment and services is offered which begins at the point of adjudication and follows the youth through discharge from parole. Both individual and group counseling are available. On a limited basis, arousal reconditioning is offered to those youths who require behavioral intervention to reduce deviant sexual arousal. This service is provided by contracted staff in community programs. During residential placement, sex offenders can be placed in one of five specialized sex offender cottages at the institutions or mainstreamed into the general population at an institution or group home where treatment is provided through individual counseling and ongoing sex offender treatment groups.
Treatment continues while sex offenders are on parole.
An additional 514 sex offenders were on parole. Most sex offenders are placed on parole supervision for 24 months. Substance Abuse Eighty-two percent of the youth committed to JRA are substance abusers or are chemically dependent. Several national studies have documented a correlation between delinquency and substance abuse. JRA substance abuse programs assist youths in the development of drug and crime-free lifestyles and a personal responsibility for and commitment to abstinence.