A podcast dedicated to the roughly 98% of people incarcerated in North Carolina who will eventually be released back into our communities.
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TROSA is an evidence-based, peer-driven treatment program for substance use disorder in Durham, North Carolina. Based on the concept of a therapeutic community, Trosa's two-year program provides comprehensive treatment, vocational training, education and continuing care.
In Part One, we meet CEO Keith Artin who began as a volunteer and never left. We learn what makes TROSA effective and why peer-driven community support is so vital in helping people kick their addiction.
(TROSA stands for Triangle Residential Options for Substance Abusers)
Statistics on Incarceration in North Carolina
With an incarceration rate of 559 per 100,000 residents, North Carolina locks up a higher percentage of its people than almost any democratic country on earth.¹
Roughly 49% of people released from prison are rearrested within the first two years.²
A vast majority (95-98%) of incarcerated people in North Carolina will eventually be released back into our communities.³
Sources:1. https://www.prisonpolicy.org/profiles/NC.html2. https://www.nccourts.gov/commissions/sentencing-and-policy-advisory-commission3. https://governor.nc.gov/executive-order-no-303/