FOOD, HEALTH AND SAFETY PROGRAMS

Health Education

Participants are educated on the basics of HIV, Hepatitis, STDs modes of prevention and HIV testing is offered to all participants. Facilitators educate and discuss modes of transmission and prevention of the various communicable diseases. Inmates are given the opportunity to ask questions prevalent to the topics at hand as well as further discuss concerns they may have.      

Basic Life Skills

The Basic Life Skills program is a comprehensive behavior change approach that concentrates on the development of the skills needed for life such as communication, decision-making, thinking, managing emotions, assertiveness, self-esteem building, resisting peer pressure, and relationship skills. Additionally, it addresses the issue of empowering and guiding individuals towards new values. It addresses the development of the whole individual so that a person will have the skills to make use of all types of information.

Food Safety and Sanitation

This program is based on the Certified Professional Food Manager manual.  This course is designed to teach participants how to handle food properly to prevent food-borne illness. The sanitation program consists of six weeks of lecture as well as a Power Point presentation taken from the National Certified Professional Food Manager manual.

Food Preparation Program

The Food Preparation Program is offered to sentenced inmates and is instructed by Bristol County Sheriff’s Office Kitchen Stewards. The goal of the program is to teach the basics of working in a kitchen environment and preparing meals for the public. It includes food and occupational safety. This program is structured to allow inmates the ability to earn the maximum amount of earned good time credit per month within each of the required categories.

OSHA Safety Program

The 10-week OSHA safety program is designed to teach basic work safety skills for all working environments. All students who complete the 10-week course will receive a certificate of completion.

Bio-Hazard Training Class

The bio-hazard training course is a course which instructs inmates how to properly clean and dispose of bio-hazard spills. The Life Safety Supervisor along with the Medical Director of Nursing teach the importance of universal precautions and proper usage of the chemicals available to clean up an area contaminated by bio-hazardous materials. Program facilitated by Correctional Psychiatric Services (CPS) and BCSO

Narcan Training

The course provide inmates with the knowledge and skills needed to prevent overdose and respond to an overdose, including calling 911, providing rescue breaking and using Narcan to reverse overdose.

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