Part 1
You are developing a new drug program for prison inmates. You are required to make the program similar to programs for non-incarcerated adult males. Putting together all the elements of a drug abuse program will include but not be limited to: Screening, Testing, Diagnosis, Assessment, Referral, Group Therapy, Individual Therapy, 12-step groups
You supervisor needs you to identify, describe, and justify the elements you will want to utilize in the program as well as a list of why it is necessary or important to the recovery of the inmates in your program. Use the following list as a guide.
Assignment Guidelines
• Address the following in 4-5 pages:
o For each of the items in the list below, address the following three questions:
- Briefly describe and summarize this activity/process.
- How would you utilize it in the prison setting? Explain.
- Why is this activity/process important to drug addiction treatment and recovery?
o The list is as follows:
- Screening
- Testing
- Diagnosis
- Assessment
- Referral
- Group Therapy
- Individual Therapy
- 12-step groups
• Be sure to reference all sources using APA style.
Part 2
Inmates at the prison you work in like the drug program because it gives them extra perks that they cannot get anywhere else. It is important that the inmates not malinger in order to gain access to the program because it is limited to those with actual addictions and those who desire a real recovery.
Assignment Guidelines
• In 5-7 paragraphs, address the following:
o In your own words, define the term malingering.
o Do you feel it is important to screen out malingering inmates who only want the program for the perks? Why or why not?
o Regardless of your stance on the question above, how would you be able to screen out malingering inmates?
o Besides perks of enrollment, what other strategies do you feel would be effective in enticing inmates to enroll in drug abuse and addiction treatment programs? Explain why?
o What do you think are the advantages and disadvantages of individual counseling for drug abuse and addiction on incarcerated individuals? Explain.
o What do you think are the advantages and disadvantages of group counseling for drug abuse and addiction on incarcerated individuals? Explain.
Part 3
In this assignment, you will examine the 3 social sectors (housing, employment, and training and support) and analyze how the treatment methods are affecting social rehabilitation of offenders.
Assignment Guidelines:
• Address the following in 3-5 paragraphs:
o Is total social rehabilitation possible? In other words, can an offender completely renew himself or herself and reenter society? Why or why not?
o As an employer, would you be hesitant about hiring an individual with a history of crime or incarceration?
- What factors would contribute to your decision-making process?
o Do you believe it is possible to actually determine whether or not an offender has been successfully rehabilitated? Why or why not?
o What do you think should be the final test of successful rehabilitation? How would it be effective?
Part 4
Based on the seven (7) types of offender rehabilitation treatments:
• Psychological
• Behavior
• Social
• Educational/vocational
• Substance abuse
• Sex offender
• Religious
How should offenders and treatment needs be determined and classified?
These programs have been proven to assist numerous offender populations, but there are no clear guidelines that address how or when they should be implemented within correctional institutions. In this assignment, students will select 5 of the 7 types of rehabilitative treatments to analyze and discuss.
Assignment Guidelines
• Select five (5) of the rehabilitative treatment types from the list above.
• Write 5-6 pages that address the following:
o The name and purpose of each selected rehabilitative treatment
o The scope of the treatments
- What conditions or problems do the programs aim to treat?
- What are the limitations of the programs?
- What type(s) of offenders should be treated?
- How you classify offenders and treatment needs?
o The effectiveness of the programs within your rehabilitative treatment categories
- What types of offenders are ideal candidates for these types of treatments?
- Be sure to use examples to support your explanation.
In 3-4 additional pages, discuss the impact that one of your selected rehabilitative treatments has had on the field of corrections and society's view of offender rehabilitation within the last 10 years.