### Question
How does DEFINITIONS define residential substance abuse treatment program?


### Answer
Under *42 U.S.C. § 3791*, **residential substance abuse treatment program** is defined as:

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


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

#### Citation:
  - *42 U.S.C. § 3791*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 46-JUSTICE SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT > SUBCHAPTER IX-DEFINITIONS**

