How does drug treatment work as an alternative to jail or prison?
El Rio is designed to accept referrals from judges, prosecutors, probation and parole officers, as well as community-based programs. Staff provide supervision to insure compliance with reporting and treatment conditions, and submit client progress reports to the court, probation, parole, district attorney, defense counsel, and/or other parties as specified in the release order. EL Rio uses a bar-coded attendance monitoring system that can be faxed daily or as requested to the referral agency and conducts frequent observed urine testing. What is El Rio’s treatment philosophy? El Rio has a holistic treatment philosophy, which emphasizes both traditional educational, cognitive, and counseling treatment approaches, as well as non-verbal therapies such as acupuncture, nutrition, complementary medicine, medical screening, and art therapy. How does El Rio use acupuncture? El Rio offers auricular acupuncture to all clients. Acupuncture is used to help rid the body of toxic chemicals, including
