I’ve been approved for MAT by Psychology since November of 2023 and have yet to start. I’ve asked Psychology about it and they tell me it’s up Medical. I sent a cop out to Medical and I get no response back at all. So, I asked the Medical person on mainline; one time he said he doesn’t know anything about it, and another time he said it’s up to Psychology! They just keep spinning me back and forth. I tried to get a BP8 last week so I could starting filing on this, and the counselor tried telling me that, “I don’t have a right to be on that program,” even though I’ve been approved for it for a long time. I insisted on the BP8, filled it out, and turned it in this past week.
I’m close to going home; I only have eight months left, so I need to get on the program before I am released. Several other inmates who have been approved for a long time are in the same situation.