Vick to drug rehab program?

[underpants]

Source: Richmond Times-Dispatch

There are indications disgraced NFL quarterback Michael Vick is no longer behind bars in Virginia and has gone to a drug rehabilitation program in Kansas.

U.S. Bureau of Prisons officials could not immediately be reached by The Times-Dispatch, but the bureau's Web site shows Vick as being "in transit."

According to a weekend report on Yahoo! Sports, Vick applied to join a prison-monitored drug rehabilitation program in Leavenworth, Kan., and has apparently been moved to the facility.



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[Virginia Dare]

1. Positioning himself for a "comeback"?

it was all the drugs' fault. I'm sure his teammates and the Falcon's management are "shocked"...:eyes:

[underpants]

2. Also it may be an easier way to do the time

at least some of it

:shrug:

Who knows? Maybe he just missed the kine bud?

[Virginia Dare]

9. I suspect he will also find Jesus while in jail...

and we'll be hearing from his personal minister what a great person he is soon upon his release.

[LeftyMom]

10. He played the Jesus card already

He's still facing state charges, so he'll probably go straight from federal lockup to one of the great state of Virginia's finer facilities.

[LiberalFighter]

3. Wasn't he on release prohibiting use of drugs?

[Dr.Phool]

4. You get "good time" for participating in a program.

You get time off your sentence for attending AA or NA meetings, and completing a drug or alcohol rehab program. It's only 2 or 3 days for each month served, but over a couple of years it can knock some serious time off your sentence.

[ladywnch]

5. I thought I read that you didn't get time off for good behavior in

federal prison; the time you get is the time you serve.

[High Plains]

7. You don't get parole in the federal system, but you do get good time.

Not much of it, though. I think on a 10-year sentence, you might do 8 years 8 months, something like that.

[DefenseLawyer]

8. It's 85%

A Federal prisoner does 85% of his sentence if he maintains good behavior. There is a time cute of up to one year available for completing the Bureau of Prisons R-DAP "drug class" but that is only in cases where the sentencing court made a finding that the defendant was in need of treatment and it is generally available on a limited basis in most facilities, with those with the longest sentences getting slotted first.

[DefenseLawyer]

6. "In transit" can also mean "diesel therapy"

for BOP prisoners.

[douglas9]

11. Residential Drug Abuse Program (RDAP)

Residential Drug Abuse Program (RDAP). The RDAP is typically a 9-month, 500-hour program in which participating inmates are housed together in a separate unit reserved for drug treatment at a BOP institution. The inmates participate in a minimum of three hours of drug treatment per day. In FY 2001, the BOP had established 52 RDAP units in 50 of its 100 institutions. Five additional units are scheduled to open in FY 2002.90 RDAP has a standardized drug treatment curriculum. An inmate must meet the following eligibility criteria to be admitted into RDAP: (1) sentenced to BOP custody, (2) determined by the BOP to have a substance abuse disorder, (3) sign BOP's "Agreement to Participate in the Bureau's Residential Drug Abuse Program," (4) reside in a BOP institution, (5) serving a sentence with enough time to fully participate in a residential drug abuse program, and (6) willing to participate in a residential drug abuse treatment program. Upon successful completion of RDAP, an inmate can receive a sentence reduction of up to 12 months, limited financial rewards, and additional privileges within the institution. If inmates fail to complete the program, they are ineligible to receive these incentives. Inmates are ineligible for the sentence reduction if their current or past criminal history includes a serious violent offense.

http://www.usdoj.gov/oig/reports/BOP/e0302/app1.htm