MISCELLANEOUS INMATE PROGRAMS

Communicating Our Needs Through Respect

The Program is based on nonviolent communication – listening, empathy, self-connection, supporting each other, self-talk, preparing for difficult conversations, hearing difficult messages and making amends.

Art for Change

Art for Change program encourages and facilitates creativity, communication and reflection. Participants will engage and empower themselves with a sense of purpose, raised consciousness, and belief that they can realize positive change in their lives. The program is designed as a gateway to learn through building confidence and self-esteem. The Art for Change program will encourage, suggest and provide a safe and acceptable way to express, release, and deal with pain, trauma, attitudes, thoughts, and feelings such as anger. Evidence Based Program.

Prenatal / Postpartum Class

Pains of pregnancy, states of development/baby, signs of labor, stages of labor, active labor, birthing, infant care, nutrition/recommended weight gain during pregnancy, signs and symptoms of pregnancy, child passenger safety, risk of transmission STD’s, hepatitis etc.…from mother to baby and any other topics that is specific to each inmate.

Grief and Loss

The Grief and Loss program explains and defines grief as a natural response to loss. It explores the emotional suffering when something or someone that one loves is taken away. Some examples of this include: a relationship breakup, stopping a relationship with addiction, loss of health, losing a job, loss of financial stability, miscarriage, death of a pet, loss of a cherished dream, a loved one’s serious illness, loss of a friendship, or loss of safety after trauma. The program teaches the five stages of grief: denial, bargaining, anger, depression, and acceptance. It also teaches the grief and loss cognitive tool for processing healing of all losses, including substance abuse recovery. This cycle is often referred to as the Forgiveness Cycle. Participants are encouraged to share their views and feelings during the group.

Trauma Informed Group

The goal of this group is to introduce specific trauma interventions, information and education tools, and healthy coping skills to the female population. Inmates will have the opportunity to under­stand the impact of trauma in their lives, heal, and learn to thrive despite past wounds. An increasing body of evidence tells us that the overwhelming majority of women in jails and prisons have experienced trauma that has scarred their minds and hearts. They may have survived rape, assault, or childhood sexual abuse, or they may have witnessed violence done to others. Trauma can result in physiological changes in the way our brains respond to danger, especially when the trauma is repeated. It has also been linked to depression, suicidal tendencies, chronic anxiety, hostility, impaired ability to relate to others socially, and many other serious consequences in personal life. Women involved in the justice system are more likely to have experienced physical and sexual abuse than male offenders or women in the general population. Evidence Based Program facilitated by The Womens Center.

Spirituality

The Spirituality program helps participants examine personal views about spirituality and the effects of spirituality on addiction. The program explores the “self” in our modern world and the interconnection of all things. It engages participants seeking health and spirituality and helps them become fully alive. The program develops and suggests the importance of the relationship of health and spirituality. Participants have the opportunity to explore who they are, what they do, or what stage of life they are in. The program allows participants to reflect upon and examine their whole life, physically, mentally, and spiritually in order to make serious lasting changes.

Getting Motivated to Change

Getting Motivated to Change is an evidence based program that helps inmate participants think about the many aspects of motivation, how it influences decision making, and behavior. It utilizes node-link mapping and related cognitive strategies to engage inmate participants in discussions of motivation. The information is explored from a strength-based perspective that encourages goal setting. Handout materials for participants are included at the end of every session. Evidence Based Program.

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