Transcript CUCF`s HOPE

RSAT Programs: Utah
Department of Corrections
Division of Programming
• Established in 2007
• Separated from other Correctional Divisions (Adult
Probation and Parole, Division of Institutional Operations)
• Dedicated to providing treatment services for sex offenders
and substance use disorders for both male and female
offenders
• Oversees volunteer services
• Collaboration with local school district and vocational
colleges for educational services
Services Provided:
•Transitional Services
•RSAT programs for both male and female offenders
•Sex Offender Treatment Programs for both male and female
•Employment Agents & Drug Offender Reform Act
•Community Treatment Resource Centers for Parolees
•Fortitude Treatment Center (Parole Violation Center)
Transitional Services
•
•
•
•
Begins at the point of interface with criminal justice system
Use of Level of Service Inventory-Revised (LSI-R)
Case Action Plans (CAP)
Your Parole Requires Extensive Preparation (YPREP) collaboration with
community agencies
• Parole Access to Treatment (PATR)
– Utah Department of Corrections Funding
– Case Manager Assigned
– Up to $2500 worth of services per parolee
– Parolee chooses service provider
RSAT Programs
• Urban and rural correctional settings
• Therapeutic Community based
• Three male programs (Con-Quest, HOPE, CARE) One female program
(Excell)
• Outcome measures completed
– 41.3% recidivism rate for Con-Quest
– 39.7% recidivism rate for HOPE
– 30% recidivism rate for Excell (Female)
Con-Quest RSAT TC Program
•400 inmates in a standalone facility
•10 Clinical therapists
•3 Advanced Substance Use Disorder Counselors
•1 Correctional Specialist 1 (corrections officer)
•12 to 18 months to complete
•Monthly UA for all participants including graduates
Con-Quest RSAT TC Program
• Three phase program
– First 90 days Residential Drug Abuse
Program Series (The Change Companies)
– Nine months “Clinical Phase”
– Continuing Care
• Life Skill Classes
• Seminars and Personal Growth Classes
• Why Try Curriculum
Con-Quest RSAT TC Program
• Trauma informed treatment (Trauma Recovery Empowerment
Model, Helping Men Recover, Mind Body Bridging, Eye Movement
Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
• Paid leadership
• Peer Leader mentors
• Peer Support Groups to address LSI-R
– Addict to Athlete
• Collaboration with Canyons School District
Con-Quest RSAT TC Program
• Davis Applied Technology College (Culinary Arts)
•13 month program
•Graduates receive a certificate and are certified to work
in restaurants
•Graduates of Con-Quest receive priority
•Other programs offered:
•Office Management
•Welding
•Graphic Arts
Con-Quest RSAT TC Program
•
•
•
•
•
Collaboration with Canyons School Districts
TABE Testing
Life Skill Classes
Offer High School Diplomas
Fully staffed on-site with Principal, Vice-Principal,
and teachers
Treatment Resource Centers
•
•
•
•
•
Assessment
Substance Abuse Continuing Care
Mental Health Therapy
Life Skills Classes
Located at Parole Offices
CUCF’s
HOPE-CARE RSAT
Helping Offenders Parole Effectively;
Community-Assisted Recovery Experience
- A proven, recidivism-reducing Therapeutic Community RSAT with
salient rewards and strong, therapeutic sanctions
- Daily collaboration with Security Partners
- A 332-bed, seven dorm, RSAT, spanning two housing units at Central
Utah Correctional Facility in Gunnison, Utah
12
HOPE-CARE RSAT
 HOPE began in 1998 with a Federal Grant
 Fir Housing Unit 288-bed dorm
 CARE – a two section-expansion opened January
2013 (40% increase in program capacity)
 Offender Management Review (OMR)
 Daily Morning Collaboration Meetings
 Use of Motivational Interviewing skills
13
HOPE-CARE RSAT “Throughput”
Statistics
 74% program completion rate.
 The Utah High School Graduation Rate for all students
is 78% for 2012. The rate for minority students is about
66%.
 High School participation and graduation.
 Vocational Ed./Jobs
◦ Culinary Arts
◦ Building Trades
◦ Horse Gentling Program
14
Mental Health and
Literacy “Time-outs”
 Mental Health stabilizations:
 Temporary removal or delay in RSAT admission;
 Initial Screenings
 Mental Health evaluations
 Dual diagnosis admitted if stabile
 Many Dual-Diagnosis go on to graduate within 1418 months.
15
TC Aspects Unique to HOPECARE
 Remedial Reform Group (RRG) (30/45/60 days)
–
–
–
–
30-day change of status
3 hours daily community service (cleaning the section)
Daily Therapeutic Journal
Daily “Learning Experience” in Therapeutic Community
meeting
– Skits
– Loss of privileges
16
HOPE-CARE RSAT
30-Day E-Level
 Consequence of “Cardinal Rule” violation
 Loss of visiting, phone, commissary
 Separate housing unit
 Three hours per week out for section recreation,
shower, etc.
 Interviewed monthly and invited back to RSAT
 Eligible for level advancement 90 days
 Many return to RSAT after 30-days
17
Experiential LeadershipChanging through Service
Senior Mentor
Junior Mentor
Historian
Crew Boss
Board of Pardon Special Attention
Submissions
18
Semi-Annual
HOPE Graduation Ceremony
• Celebrations of Achievement and
Accomplishment
• Graduation special visits
• Drill Crew Presentation
• Hilarious Skits by the Skits Crew
• Various Musical Numbers or Native
American Drum Circle
• High-Impact Graduation Speakers
19
Trauma & Substance Use Disorders
•85% to 90% of women in prison
have experienced some type of
trauma
• Women typically use substances
to mask trauma
•Need for trauma informed
services
•Gender responsive
•Community collaboration
Why Utah?
• Fry Sauce
Addressing Father Absence in Substance Abuse
Treatment
March 19, 2014
2:00 – 3:00 p.m. EDT
Among today’s prominent health concerns, father absence underscores a
number of child risk and endangerment factors and is identified as a primary
feature among many recovering persons, including criminal justice
populations. This workshop explores some of the reasons for father absence,
the WAR (World of Abnormal Rearing) Cycle of Addiction, and what can
be done to address this issue in treatment for offender populations and for
those in community settings.
Presenter:
Kenneth Osborne