Evidence gathered over the last decade affirms the greater effectiveness of therapeutic communities in prison versus other treatment models, and highlights improved recidivism and drug use outcomes when the prison regimen is reinforced by community aftercare on release.

This abstract gives a brief overview of ‘Doing time on a TC: how effective are drug-free therapeutic communities in prison? A review of the literature’. By Aslan, L in International Journal of Therapeutic Communities: 2018, 39(1), p. 26–34.