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28 CFR § 550.56 - Community Treatment Services (CTS).

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t28/s550.56"
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title: "28 CFR § 550.56 - Community Treatment Services (CTS)."
title_number: 28
title_name: "Judicial Administration"
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section_name: "Community Treatment Services (CTS)."
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF PRISONS, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE"
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# 550.56 Community Treatment Services (CTS).

(a) For inmates to successfully complete all components of RDAP, they must participate in CTS. If inmates refuse or fail to complete CTS, they fail RDAP and are disqualified for any additional incentives.

(b) Inmates with a documented drug use problem who did not choose to participate in RDAP may be required to participate in CTS as a condition of participation in a community-based program, with the approval of the Supervisory Community Treatment Services Coordinator.

[81 FR 24490, Apr. 26, 2016]