NCJ Number
16686
Date Published
1974
Length
18 pages
Annotation
PROJECT GOALS AND A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROGRAM OPERATION ARE PROVIDED FOR THIS MINNESOTA HALFWAY HOUSE FOR MALE INDIANS INVOLVED IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.
Abstract
ANISHINABE WAKI-IGAN WAS DESIGNED AS A RESIDENTIAL REENTRY PROGRAM FOR INDIAN INMATES IN THE MINNEAPOLIS WORKHOUSE, BUT HAS ACCEPTED INDIANS FROM OTHER CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES INCLUDING THE MINNESOTA STATE PRISON AND THE STATE REFORMATORY FOR MEN. THE PROGRAM IS BASICALLY A SHORT TERM PLACEMENT. DURING RESIDENCY, CLIENTS RECEIVE INDIVIDUAL COUNSELING ON PERSONAL PROBLEMS AND PARTICIPATE IN GROUP COUNSELING SESSIONS MODELED AFTER THE TECHNIQUES OF PEER GROUP CULTURE. CLIENTS ALSO RECEIVE EMPLOYMENT COUNSELING WHILE IN THE HOUSE. GOALS OF THE PROJECT WERE TO PROVIDE A TEMPORARY HOME FOR 16 MEN RELEASED FROM CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES, TO PROVIDE COUNSELING AND REFERRAL SERVICES, TO PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL PROGRAMS, TO PROVIDE GROUP COUNSELING, AND TO OFFER A COMMUNITY-BASED TREATMENT INSTITUTION AS AN ALTERNATIVE DISPOSITION FOR INDIANS. PROJECT STAFF AND FACILITIES ARE DESCRIBED. IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE TO ASSESS THIS PROGRAM AT THE TIME OF THE EVALUATION, SINCE NO DATA ON THE ESTIMATED 250 CLIENTS SERVED WAS AVAILABLE AT THAT TIME. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)