Life After Incarceration

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1 Life After Incarceration Presented by Frank L. Greenagel Jr. MPAP, MSW, LCSW, LCADC ACSW, CJC, ICADC April 20, 2016

2 Thomas Durham, PhD Director of Training NAADAC, the Association for Addiction Professionals

3 Produced By NAADAC, the Association for Addiction Professionals

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6 Cost to Watch: Free CE Hours Available: 1.5 CEs CE Certificate for NAADAC Members: Free CE Certificate for Non-members: $20 CE Certificate To obtain a CE Certificate for the time you spent watching this webinar: 1. Watch and listen to this entire webinar. 2. Pass the online CE quiz, which is posted at 3. If applicable, submit payment for CE certificate or join NAADAC. 4. A CE certificate will be ed to you within 21 days of submitting the quiz.

7 Using GoToWebinar (Live Participants Only) Control Panel Asking Questions Audio (phone preferred) Polling Questions

8 Webinar Presenter Frank L. Greenagel Jr. MPAP, MSW, LCSW, LCADC ACSW, CJC, ICADC Your Greenagel Counseling Services

9 Webinar Learning Objectives to discuss the financial costs of mass incarceration and be able to compare it to the costs of treatment and education to describe at least three recent criminal justice reforms implemented in various states to verbalize the four most important components of avoiding recidivism.

10 Life After Incarceration Can We Make Up For Lost Time?

11 Frank L. Greenagel Jr. MPAP, MSW, LCSW, LCADC ACSW, CJC, ICADC Director of the Family Program College Recovery NJ Governor s Council on Drug Abuse & Alcoholism Adjunct Professor Rutgers School of Social Work Instructor Rutgers Center of Alcohol Studies 1 st LT PA Army National Guard flg2@aol.com Greenagel Counseling Services on on Twitter

12 Tell Em What You re Going to Tell Em Recommended Reading Criminal Justice System Push and Pull Between Policy Reform and Individual Help Opiate Policies Top 4 Ways to Fight Recidivism Soft & Hard Skills People Who Made It Your Plan What a Professional Helper Can Do

13 Recommended Reading New Jack 2002 The New Jim Crow 2010 The Prison Industrial Complex 1998 The Caging of America 2012 The basic reality of American prisons is not that of the lock and key but that of the lock and clock A Huge Roadblock to CJ Reform 2015

14 Criminal Justice Primer PTI, Deferred Disposition, Conditional Discharge, Probation Violation of Probation (VOP) Jail Drug Court Prison Parole Intensive Supervised Parole (ISP)

15 The Criminal Justice System Food, toilet, bed, light, fear, time, joy & pain of visits, and being told what to do. 2,224,400 adults in jail or prison in % of the US adult population 4,708,100 adults on probation or parole 6,851,000 in criminal justice system Since crime is way down 53% of arrested males and 39% of arrested females are re-incarcerated ( 03) 50-75% of people in prison or jail have a substance abuse history

16 Need (Calls) For Reform Scam in PA w/juveniles Drug charges, mandatory minimums, 3 strike laws Minorities and the poor Adirondacks CT Commissioner Republicans and Law & Order Democrats

17 Need (Calls) For Reform Pre-trial Intervention Drug Courts Mountainview Program Re-entry programs

18 Push and Pull Between Policy Reform and Individual Help Municipal, county, state and federal reforms are needed Less incarceration, more probation, more parole, more treatment, more education Individual help needs to acknowledge this, but be careful. Focus on responsibility and change o An embittered ex-offender will have a hard time changing

19 Opiate Policies 2011 USA Highway Deaths 2011 NJ Treatment Admissions PMP s Medication Assisted Therapies Media Attention Hydrocodone -> Schedule II Gloucester, Mass Police Dept. As a 2016 Presidential Campaign Issue

20 Question What are the top 4 ways to fight recidivism?

21 4 Top Ways to Fight Recidivism #1 #2 #3 #4 Housing JOB Counseling Education

22 Soft Skills #1 Promptness - show up - show up on time

23 Soft Skills #2 Hygiene & Grooming

24 Soft Skills #3 Manners

25 Soft Skills Review (1)Promptness (2)Hygiene/Grooming (3)Manners

26 Hard Skills #1 Reading -Follow directions -Understand memos -Analyze reports

27 Hard Skills #2 Writing - Very few people can write - Take extra writing classes - It will separate you from everyone else

28 #3 Math Hard Skills

29 Hard Skills #4 Ability to Use Technology

30 Hard Skills Review (1) Reading (2) Writing (3) Math (4) Ability to use technology

31 Bare Minimum Transportation Long time since last arrest HS Diploma Professionalism (don t bring chaos to work)

32 A Paragon of Success BA & other degress Good credit score Clean driving record Specialized Skills Other experiences Work abroad Travel Different Experiences

33 Reasons to go to Therapy Concerns about future Romantic Relationships Sexual Identity Grief/Loss Academic Stress Work Stress Interpersonal Stress Substance Abuse

34 The First Day of Freedom Don t drink. Don t smoke. Don t snort. Don t take pills. Don t shoot. Avoid people, places and things. Seriously. Go out for a nice lunch or dinner. Plan an out-of-state trip. Continue with some kind of therapy

35 Questions I Ask People in Jail Name Hometown What do you do for fun? Substance problem? Drug of choice? Charge First time in jail or repeat offender Who s fault? What will be different?

36 The First Month of Freedom So much depends upon the first day, week and month. Are you changing addresses? What will you do for work and/or school? Are you cutting off old friends, or will you roll the dice?

37 Adjusting to Life After Incarceration Completing drug court How to avoid old friends How to avoid old trouble Not trying to make up for lost time Telling people about your past How to handle money How to get into a healthy romantic relationship

38 People Who Made It Harold Hughes Charles S. Dutton Ben Chin Regina Diamond Robert Downey Jr. & Iron Man

39 Your Plan 1 st day out of jail or prison Avoid people, places and things Meaningful job and/or education Continued non-use Suggested follow-thru with 12-step meetings Exercise Therapy Learn how to handle money Hobbies Travel Help others

40 What a professional helper can do Connect with services Housing Employment Counseling Education/Training Importance and Value of Reformed Peers Social Supports o This is one of the great market inefficiencies

41 Where will you go?

42 Thank You! Frank L. Greenagel Jr. MPAP, MSW, LCSW, LCADC ACSW, CJC, ICADC Your Greenagel Counseling Services

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44 Cost to Watch: Free CE Hours Available: 1.5 CEs CE Certificate for NAADAC Members: Free CE Certificate for Non-members: $20 CE Certificate To obtain a CE Certificate for the time you spent watching this webinar: 1. Watch and listen to this entire webinar. 2. Pass the online CE quiz, which is posted at 3. If applicable, submit payment for CE certificate or join NAADAC. 4. A CE certificate will be ed to you within 21 days of submitting the quiz.

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