Even though I’m a perfect candidate for the MAT program, staff is not approving anyone for it here. I just got out of the SHU for using Suboxone, and they aren’t willing to help me and others kick the habit. I thought that was the whole point of the First Step Act and its requirement that we be offered addiction treatment. My pre-sentence investigation report (PSI) documents my drug abuse since I was a kid.
I’m also just one year to the door, so i really need help now. I don’t want to keep getting in trouble over my addiction when I get out.
I came into the system at FCI Phoenix, in July 2022, and I was in withdrawal at the time. I tried to get on the MAT program then, and filed a BP8, but my counselor just threw it away, saying we don’t do that program here.