Offenders programs

Over the past decade researchers have identified intervention strategies and program models that reduce delinquency and promote pro-social development. Preventing delinquency, says Peter Greenwood, not only saves young lives from being wasted, but also prevents the onset of adult criminal careers and thus reduces the burden of crime on its victims and on society.

It costs states billions of dollars a year to arrest, prosecute, incarcerate, and treat juvenile offenders. Investing in successful delinquency-prevention programs can save taxpayers seven to ten dollars for every dollar invested, primarily in the form of reduced spending on prisons. According to Greenwood, researchers have identified a dozen "proven" delinquency-prevention programs. While an offender is in prison, HPM will correspond with them. If they will agree to the terms which follow , HPM will send books targeted to address the specific sins that led them to prison in the first place books about lust, pornography, godly manhood, marriage, etc.

The challenges and obstacles that face sex-offenders after they are released should not be underestimated, and they vary greatly based on the risk-level classification of the offender. A low-risk offender may not have it as hard as a high-risk offender but even with these the requirements are often different between states, judges, counties, supervising officers and therapists, etc.

Some of the challenges faced by sex-offenders can include:. This treatment is offered to offenders evaluated to have low to moderate risk of reoffending. Psychology staff can further explain the programs and assist volunteers in requesting treatment. Offenders typically participate in sex offender treatment in the final three years of their incarceration. Find a document Resources For Special Needs Offenders. They are more likely than men have a history of trauma and abuse, which poses additional challenges for reentry.

Therefore, specialized initiatives and programs are offered at female sites which are trauma-informed and address women's specific gender-based needs. In meeting the gender specific needs of women, the Bureau has greatly increased the programming and services which are available to women. The agency provides more than 15 programs specifically for women. We recently added college programming for women as well. The Bureau's flagship women's program is the Foundation Program, which assists women in assessing their individual needs and translating the results of that assessment into the selection of programs and plans to meet their goals.

It is offered at all female sites. The FIT Program Female Integrated Treatment Program is a residential treatment program that offers integrated cognitive-behavioral treatment for substance use disorders, mental illness, and trauma related disorders, as well as vocational training, to female inmates.