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The Implementation of Inmate Mentor Programs in the Correctional Treatment System as an Innovative Approach
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Cook, Jana; McClure, Scott; Koutsenok, Igor; Lord, Scot – Journal of Teaching in the Addictions, 2008
In October 2006, the California Men's Colony (CMC) in San Luis Obispo, faced with staff recruitment and retention difficulties, took an innovative step to utilize long-term sentenced inmates as peer mentors and primary counselors to lead their prison-based therapeutic community (TC) program. The program was designed, developed, and implemented…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Mentors, Substance Abuse, Program Improvement