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<p>Drug Rehabilitation Requirements (DRRs) include a condition for regular drug testing.
However, these are not specific to a drug.</p><p> </p><p>There is good evidence from
a Ministry of Justice (MOJ)-Public Health England (PHE) data share that community
based drug and alcohol treatment can be effective in reducing reoffending. Recently
published experimental statistics show that among those who committed an offence in
the two years before undergoing drug or alcohol treatment, there was a 33% reduction
in the number of offences they committed in the subsequent two years. Forty-four percent
of offenders did not go on to reoffend in the subsequent two years following treatment.</p><p>
</p><p>We are working with the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), NHS England
and PHE to develop a protocol to support greater use of community sentences with treatment
requirements (CSTRs) in courts, including DRRs.</p><p> </p><p>The CSTR protocol focuses
on reducing reoffending by addressing the health needs of offenders that may be contributing
to their offending behaviour. This is operating across five courts within England
(as health is devolved in Wales). These sites are Milton Keynes, Northampton, Birmingham,
Sefton and Plymouth.</p><p> </p><p>DHSC has led an evaluation of the implementation
of the protocol across the five sites, looking at aspects of CSTRs that are working
well and changes in the use of CSTRs over the evaluation period. The evaluation report
will be published early next year.</p>
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