Tag: prisoners’ rights

Peer Supervisor George Chisum, who's been clean from addiction for 26 years, leads a group session in the intensive outpatient program (IOP) at the Connections Withdrawal Management Center in Harrington, Delaware.

The Corrections Component in the Justice with PEACE System

What if jails were able to reduce recidivism by 50% over a three-year period (based on rearrest)? Well, 50 years ago, that’s exactly what we did. How did that happen? We developed a comprehensive and integrated program aimed at multiple stakeholders, and implemented it systematically through five phases: readiness, awareness, acquisition, application, and follow-up. This post will address all five phases of the Corrections component of the Justice in PEACE system I overviewed in the Read More

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Reacting and Responding

People deserve to be understood.

Many people are suffering from crushing pain that they just can’t seem to beat.

How can we respond–without reacting?