A single model of rehabilitation is now in place in the criminal justice system of New Mexico, which offers not only detoxification but also a program that creates self-respect in the incarcerated as a way to help reduce criminal tendencies. The program is overseen by Rick Pendery, the national executive director of the Centers Second Chance and Joy Westrum, the President of the Second Chance Program target = "_blank"> (www.secondchanceprogram.net).
"The idea here is to move the inmate's moral code based on the crime than is socially desirable, based on survival for himself and others, and that makes sense for him. If it has no meaning for him, he will not follow him. "Pendery said." Using The Way to Happiness booklet by L. Ron Hubbard, which is code non-moral and religious, these guys turn around their views on right and wrong and come out with another base decisions in their lives. This is one reason why we get a low percentage of recurrence. "
Independent university studies show that more than 5-year period that criminal recidivism has dropped to less than 10% for those who have participated before release in at least one third of the program Second Chance in earlier pilot programs.
Westrum has seen the program distributed to thousands of inmates. "The Way to Happiness can help a person to see how moral conduct can improve survival. When this happens, you have a good chance that he will change his behavior by his own will. It is an effective way to create permanent personality changes.
Inmates are called students, while in the Second Chance program, according to Pendery: "The book contains 21 precepts that are taught to students in an class under close supervision using various study tools learned in the previous course to ensure full understanding of every moral concept. Student practices made applicable to every precept in their daily lives, as they have not really got the precept as a part of their lives. We have seen improvement with the inmate in interpersonal relationships, responsibility for improvement in life blaming others less, etc. "
Dr. Alfonso Paredes, MD, Professor Emeritus UCLA School of Behavioral Science states, "It was particularly important for me to have worked personally with inmates, shaking hands, talk with them and asking lots of questions. I observed firsthand the rehabilitation process and the responses of addicts and offenders core law program. I had the opportunity to make many visits addiction through rehabilitation programs United States for the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alchoholism (NAAA) and the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). I had administrative responsibilities for substance abuse statewide systems and for rehabilitation programs in major academic institutions in the United States. I've never been so deeply impressed as I was during my visit to the second program chance.
When asked how this program is linked to Scientology, Westrum said: "Through a licensing agreement with Criminon International Program of the Second Chance, Inc. used textbooks in the field of education and drug and rehabilitation based on research by the American researcher and humanitarian L. Ron Hubbard. These manuals have been evaluated by the Urban Institute in Washington, DC and compare favorably best practices in the field of criminal justice. We are not religious and not an organization of Scientology. Anyone of any religion can use search results for L. Ron Hubbard, not part of the church or religion. "
"The advantage that these students acquire using our program, in my opinion, is unmatched by any program available in the field of criminal rehabilitation. The students at the completion of these courses have generally found the new self-respect and giving them a new life together. We are very excited by expansion in other states with our program. "
Information on the program Second Chance can be found at target = "_blank"> www.secondchanceprogram.net.
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