LD 481, "An Act to Allow the Department of Corrections to Certify Community Intervention Programs," means DOC would adopt rules for the certification of community intervention programs.

There is a necessity for community interventions programs to assist the only Aroostook County correctional facility in Houlton, which is overcrowded, now housing about 80 inmates. Most inmates have committed addiction-related crimes. The number of individuals who have committed addiction-related crimes in The County and are being monitored by a local nonprofit agency is equivalent to York County and Cumberland County which have more addiction-related resources.