Therapeutic Community based Rehabilitation Programmes for adolescent Drug Addicts in Central Jail No 5 at Tihar. AAG has been conducting this programme for over seven years. The Addicts are first detoxified under the supervision of Jail Doctors. After detoxification they are transferred to the barrack 8/2 where AAG conducts the TC programme. We have an average of 100 drug addicts at any time Here we give them information in stages, as their mind becomes a little clear and is able to absorb information. Almost all of them come from very poor homes, with a lot of domestic violence, often with a drunken or addicted father or both parents are addicts. Most do not know what a good family life can be. We create an artificial family of five or six –one of them becomes the big brother, the others become siblings in the family. The big brother takes responsibility for the others. He distributes duties as in a well knit family and ensures that the duties are performed and their difficulties attended to by the appropriate person. We pay particular attention to IV drug users as this is the fastest method of getting infected if the syringe and needles are shared. When they are well out of withdrawal we give detailed information on HIV and AIDS and precautions available.  Unfortunately these boys (18 -21 age group) stay with us for a very short time – usually two to three months before they are either released from the jail or transferred to a jail for adults (above 21 years of age). Thus the complete programme which should last for at least 10 months to a year is not completed and many come back to jail; after a relapse.