DEVELOPING A TREATMENT PROGRAM FOR THE ALCOHOLIC OFFENDER IN CONFINEMENT

• NCJ Number: 11484
• Author(s): A K BERLINER
• Date Published: 1973
• Length: 27 pages
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: PAPER PRESENTED AT NCAE SEMINAR ON ALCOHOLISM WITHIN THE CRIM JUST SYST, ARLINGTON, VA, OCT 18-19, 1973

Annotation

DESCRIBES STEPS TOWARD ALCOHOLISM REHABILITATION (STAR), A PROGRAM SERVING OFFENDERS ADMITTED TO THE FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION (FCI) IN FORT WORTH, TEXAS.

Abstract

THE MEN ADMITTED TO THIS PROGRAM WERE CONVICTED OF OFFENSES COMMITTED DURING, OR AS A CLIMAX TO A DRINKING EPISODE. STAR UNIT IS ONE OF FIVE UNITS AT FCI AND CONSISTS OF A FOUR LEVEL SYSTEM IN WHICH AN INDIVIDUAL'S PROGRAM STATUS IS REFLECTED IN THE LEVEL HE OCCUPIES. THE STAR PROGRAMS INCLUDE ORIENTATION/REALITY THERAPY, WEEKLY GROUP COUNSELING SESSIONS, INDIVIDUAL COUNSELING, ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS MEETINGS, AND WEEKLY COMMUNITY MEETINGS. CONSIDERABLE ATTENTION IS GIVEN TO THE WEEKLY COMMUNITY MEETING WHICH ENCOURAGES INPUT FROM THE RESIDENTS AND THE DEVELOPING OF A COMMUNITY SPIRIT ON THE UNIT. DISCUSSION ALSO COVERS THE STAR UNIT RESIDENT COUNCIL, WHICH CONSISTS OF RESIDENTS AND STAFF WHO DECIDE WHICH INDIVIDUALS PARTICIPATE IN COMMUNITY TRIPS, FURLOUGHS, AND FAMILY VISITS. COMMENTS ARE MADE ON PROBLEMS OF THE PROGRAM SUCH AS RESIDENT DRINKING AND ABUSE OF PRIVILEGES.