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Incarcerated
Populations:
Narconon was originally set up
for incarcerated populations. The program has been delivered in a variety of
institutional settings. Several means of monitoring the programs' effects have
been used:
1) Parolees who had taken
Narconon courses at the California Dept. of Corrections, The California
Institute for Women, the Arizona Correctional Authority and Riker's Island
Institute for Men in New York were tracked.
On average, 73% of Narconon
clients released from prison remained clean while on parole.
Youth at the Youth Training
School of the California Youth Authority had the opportunity to participate in
a Narconon program. The behavior of youth at the facility was monitored by the
number of infractions, the number of restrictions, and the grade being achieved
in trade school.
Those youth who participated in
the Narconon program showed positive changes in each of these measures compared
to other youth at the same facility who did not participate. In fact, the
number of infractions and the number of restrictions of non-participants
increased while the numbers for Narconon clients decreased.
Narconon clients at the State
Reformatory for Men in Minnesota showed improvements in the number of rule
infractions they were found guilty of, the days of lost privileges, and the
days of segregation. These changes were evident during both program delivery
and follow up time periods.
Parolees from the Delaware
Correctional Center were tracked. 70% of the Narconon clients had no arrest
during the follow up period, compared to 36% of the control
population.
  Residential
Programs:
Narconon has been delivering
services to non-incarcerated populations since 1972.
1) In surveys of graduates from
four facilities located in Connecticut, Boston, West Berlin and Sweden,
employment was almost doubled, arrests were greatly reduced, and the vast
majority (as much as 90%) reported that they were no longer using
drugs.
2) In a study conducted in
Spain, over 75% of graduates remained free of drugs. Whereas almost 90% had
been actively involved with crime before Narconon, none were involved with
crime afterwards.
The Narconon program is
effective, both in reducing drug abuse and in improving the behavior of
clients.
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