### Question
How is the term residential substance abuse treatment defined?


### Answer
The term **residential substance abuse treatment** is defined in *18 U.S.C. § 3621* as the following:

> a course of individual and group activities, lasting between 6 and 12 months, in residential treatment facilities set apart from the general prison population—


(i) directed at the substance abuse problems of the prisoner

#### Citation:
  - *18 U.S.C. § 3621*
  - Heading: **PART II-CRIMINAL PROCEDURE > CHAPTER 229-POSTSENTENCE ADMINISTRATION > SUBCHAPTER C-IMPRISONMENT**

