### Question
How is the "residential substance abuse treatment program" defined?


### Answer
The term **residential substance abuse treatment program** is defined in *42 U.S.C. § 3796ff* as follows -

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


(1) directed at the substance abuse problems of the prisoners

#### Citation:
  - *42 U.S.C. § 3796ff*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 46-JUSTICE SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT > SUBCHAPTER XII&ndash;G-RESIDENTIAL SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT FOR STATE PRISONERS**

