Transcript Substance Abuse Programs

Protect Vermonters by operating safe, humane, and secure facilities
and by preparing offenders to become productive law-abiding
community citizens.
DOC staff support and partner with communities to enhance safety
and quality of life by ensuring offenders take responsibility for their
crimes and make amends to crime victims and society.
DOC Principles
People can change.
Community participation and support are
essential for the successful delivery of
correctional services.
Victims have the right to have an active role
in determining how their needs can best be
met.
Offenders are responsible, to the extent
possible, to repair harm done to victims and
the community
Central offices located in Waterbury
Eight correctional facilities in…
•St Johnsbury is Caledonia Work Camp
•St. Johnsbury is Northeast Regional
•South Burlington is Chittenden Regional
•Rutland is Marble Valley
•Newport is Northern State
•Swanton is Northwest State
•Windsor is Southeast State
•Springfield is Southern State
Probation and parole offices overseeing
approximately 10,000 individuals
Offender Population
DOC Program Services
The department’s Program Services group
oversees treatment and educational services for
offenders to include:
 substance abuse,
 domestic violence,
 work,
 post-secondary education,
 sex offender and violent offender treatment, and
 female & family services
DOC Program Services
Community High School of Vermont
Highest secondary enrollment in Vermont.
Accredited, diploma granting high school run in
correctional facilities.
Required of inmates under the age of 23 who do
not have a diploma or GED.
DOC Program Services
Women’s Services
Women’s
Services
creating and maintaining a gender responsive and
trauma informed approach to woman within the
correctional system
This includes the Incarcerated Woman’s Initiative
focused on keeping woman out of jail and with their
families, the woman’s only facility in Swanton, in
some locations probation officers with all woman
case loads, and staff training.
DOC Program Services
Vermont Treatment Program for Sexual Abusers
Vermont Treatment Program for Sexual Abusers
a nationally acclaimed program that uses contracted
licensed therapists to teach offenders how to accept,
understand, modify and maintain permanent
changes in behavior relating to illegal sexual
behavior.
DOC Program Services
Offender Work Programs
Offender Work Programs
designed with the understanding that individuals who are busy and
productive are less likely to get in to trouble, more likely to feel better,
and have more skills in increase their post incarceration employment
opportunities.
Vermont Correctional Industries
Community Work Programs
Habits of Mind training program
In fiscal year 2008 over 400,000 hours of community service were
provided by DOC work crews
DOC Program Services
Cognitive Self Change for Violent Offenders
How to identify thoughts and attitudes that lead to violent acts
How to find and use new thoughts and attitudes that don't.
Learning and demonstrating the ability to perform four skills:
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Pay attention to your thinking.
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Recognize when your thoughts and feelings are leading you toward
committing a violent or criminal action.
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Think of new thinking that will lead you away from violence and crime, and that
you can feel OK with yourself when you think it.
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Practice using this new thinking in real life situations.
DOC Program Services
Domestic Violence Programs
Independent community organizations provide certified batterer
intervention programs for probation-level cases
Intensive Domestic Abuse Program (IDAP) which occurs for felony
level sexual offenders who are on pre-approved furlough in the
community.
Incarcerated Domestic Abuse Program (InDAP) which occurs within
the facility
Support the safety and well-being of victims, children
and the community
Hold offenders accountable for their choices, and
Support offenders in their process of change.
DOC Program Services
Substance Abuse Programs
Intensive Substance Abuse Program (ISAP)
Discovery: Therapeutic Community @ Caledonia Work Camp
Evolutions: Therapeutic Community @ Windsor Work Camp
Residential & Outpatient Treatment @ Northwest
Tapestry: community based residential treatment for
woman
DOC Field Services
11 community-based facilities, also called
probation and parole
Supervises offenders according to severity of
their risk to re-offend
Administers the Vermont Reparative Probation
Program
Interstate Compact Agreement
DOC Field Services
Restorative Community Justice
Engages community partners in the correctional process.
Focuses on effective re-entry strategies and programs for
offenders.
Victim Services Unit
Quality Assurance Unit
Housing Program.
Repair injuries to people and the community by encouraging
and supporting parties with a stake in a particular offense to
participate in its resolution.
Restorative Community Justice
Victim Services
Information,
assistance, and
support to victims of
crime
In fiscal year 2008, over
1,000 victims received
services
Programs include:
Vermont Automated Notification Services or VANS
Victim Offender Dialog Program
Victim Impact Panels
Facility Services
Woman’s Facility
Sex Offender Treatment Program
Mental Health Unit
Largest Infirmary
Classification and Out of State Units
Classification Unit
Determines which facility an offender will be placed in initially or
transferred to based on the which programs he or she will participate
in.
Out of State Unit
Oversees inmate placements to out of state prisons mostly in
Kentucky and West Tennessee. Placements out of state are
necessary to alleviate crowding in Vermont prisons. About 700 out of
approximately 2,200 inmates are placed out of state.
Health Services
The Director of Health Services manages the
contracts for health services for inmates,
responds to grievances and ADA complaints.
The department also has a Mental Health
Services Chief, psychologist and chief nurse on
staff; all other health services are contracted out
Volunteer Services
Lisa Menard, DOC Deputy Commissioner
[email protected]
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