PROGRAMS AND TREATMENT

PROGRAMS AND TREATMENT:

Through the Rehabilitation Programs Division,
eligible offenders may be provided treatment during incarceration for addiction to or abuse of substances or alcohol.

The Substance Abuse Treatment Program provides evidence-based treatment services appropriate to the needs of the offenders to facilitate positive change; and to provide accountability for programming by using assessment tools specifically developed for this population, all of which leads to reducing recidivism and improving public safety.

Additionally, certain sex offenders may participate in designated sex offender treatment and/or sex offender educational programming.

The primary goal of the program is to reduce the rate of re-offense and move the participant toward a more pro-social lifestyle.

It is the policy of this program to provide meaningful sex offender evaluation, education and treatment to all incarcerated sex offenders in TDCJ who are program eligible.

Other programs, which are also cognitive-based, include:
the Serious and Violent Offender Reentry Initiative (SVORI)
for eligible male administrative segregation offenders who are within two years of release;
the faith-based InnerChange Freedom Initiative for male offenders;
the Courage Program for Youthful Offenders for offenders under the age of 18;
and the Gang Renouncement and Disassociation (GRAD)
process for male offenders who work toward reentering the prison general population.

The Baby and Mother Bonding Initiative (BAMBI) partners TDCJ divisions, other state agencies and the Santa Maria Hostel, Inc. to provide child development education and training for new offender mothers in a residential setting. The program gives state jail offenders, who meet eligibility criteria, and their newborns the opportunity to form a healthy attachment in a secure setting.