[2][3] Criminon is said to be a prison-based version of Narconon, as the Purification Rundown detoxification and training procedures are a part of both programs.

The responses are evaluated by volunteers and the materials are donated, so the program is provided free to the state.

Included in one pamphlet is an essay in which Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard writes, "There is not one institutional psychiatrist alive who by ordinary criminal law could not be arraigned and convicted of extortion, mayhem, or murder.

Some critics question the long-term success of Criminon's program citing a lack of independent, peer-reviewed studies.

"Most jails and prisons have a staff psychiatrist that goes in daily and gives dosages of various and sundry mind-altering drugs to the inmates.

[11] Angle sponsored legislation aimed at placing this program in women's prisons in Nevada.