[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 71 (Wednesday, May 19, 2004)]
[Senate]
[Page S5796]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  RECOGNIZING THE WORK OF ARTHUR PRATT

 Mr. LUGAR. Mr. President, I want to share with my colleagues a 
few highlights from the remarkable lifetime of leadership and good 
works displayed by Mr. Arthur Pratt, the founder and leader of Life 
Effectiveness Training in Indianapolis, IN.
  Over the past 35 years, Mr. Pratt has been a dedicated leader in 
going into prisons around the country and assisting drug addicted men 
and women break their dependence on mind altering substances. His work 
has improved countless lives and the success is particularly evident in 
the reduced recidivism rates of the prisoners who have completed his 
program. His expertise and active contributions were the impetus behind 
legislation that I sponsored and passed requiring at least ten percent 
of all money allocated to Residential Substance Abuse Treatment 
programs to be allocated to programs in the jails.
  Currently, at the age of 80, Mr. Pratt is a continual voice in 
advocating proven treatment service for our Nation's state and county 
jails. Yearly, his program provides approximately 250 alcoholics and 
drug addicts 90 days of treatment in Marion County Jails. Of the more 
than 7,000 people he has treated, over two-thirds have not been 
subsequently arrested. Through Life Effectiveness Training, he counters 
addiction and recidivism using a tested program that instills strength 
and confidence in their lives.
  Arthur Pratt has dedicated his life to public service, and I am 
pleased to have this opportunity to congratulate him on his many 
worthwhile accomplishments.

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