SU & MH in Boston, MA

The Federal Bureau of Prisons (Bureau) is an agency of the Department of Justice (DOJ). It consists of 122 institutions throughout the United States, including Hawaii and Puerto Rico; 6 regional offices, a Central Office (headquarters), 2 staff training centers, 22 Residential Reentry Management Offices, and 6 Community Treatment Services (CTS) field offices. The Bureau is responsible for the custody and care of approximately 158,000 federal adults in custody (AIC). Around 14,000 of AICs are residing in the community in Residential Reentry Centers (RRCs), on home confinement or on Federal Location Monitoring or reporting to a Day Reporting Center throughout the United States of America and various territories (i.e., Guam, and Puerto Rico).

The Bureau is committed to providing high-quality, evidenced-based programs and services for all federal adults in custody who reside in the community. The CTS Contracting Section is responsible for procuring outpatient treatment services for substance use disorder, medication-assisted treatment (MAT), mental health, including psychiatric services, and sex offender treatment by utilizing community-based treatment providers in areas where AICs are located.

In Boston, MA, the Residential Reentry Center (RRC) provides pre-release community placement for both male and female federal AICs, as well as home confinement placement for eligible AICs. Whether at the RRC or on home confinement, AICs receive all treatment services from community-based treatment providers in the local area. The CTS contract at this location is currently providing the following outpatient treatment services: substance use disorder and mental health treatment.