Teaching Honesty, Accountability & Self-Control to Offenders
The Corrections program’s fundamental components focus on imparting crucial skills to both adult and juvenile offenders, emphasizing resiliency skills and mental health habits, The workshops incorporate a blend of videos, discussions, and promise planning sessions, guiding participants to recognize the challenges of self-control and comprehend the cause-and-effect dynamics.
This holistic approach within the Corrections Program has proven effective in enhancing conduct within correctional facilities and curbing recidivism rates. Through a multifaceted approach that includes workshops, videos, book clubs, lesson plans, and activities, program participants gain a deeper understanding of the consequences of their actions and fortify their character. The transformative impact ripples through the overall culture of the facilities as offenders learn to apply valuable skills and tactics, enabling them to uphold promises, take accountability, and actively work on improving their self-control.
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“As a father and a human being, I made the promise to live up to my word. Many of the offenders at Pendleton did not have that as an example. To be successful you need to keep your promise and the because I said I would program’s goal is to provide an understanding, tools, and resources of making and keeping promises”
Jeff King, Community Involvement Director/Legion Advisor, Pendleton Correctional Facility
Adult Corrections Program
In this program, offenders are presented with the chance to acquire new habits and strategies while developing a comprehension of concepts such as making and keeping promises, self-control, compassion, contemplation, sacrifice, hope, accountability, and honesty. They then apply these principles in engaging and impactful ways. Because I said I would offers 12 corrections workshops. These workshops provide corrections staff with captivating and dynamic resources, encompassing educational videos, interactive exercises, sessions on accountability, and suggestions for volunteer project
Juvenile Corrections Program
The Juvenile Corrections Program focuses on resiliency skills, mental health habits, and interpersonal problem-solving to teach youth offenders to practice life skills like self-control, accountability, and honesty. Participants learn habits and tactics to help improve behavior and appropriately manage emotions. Participants also learn to better understand the consequences of their actions and strengthen their character.
Success Stories
Promises made and kept can make a difference, no matter how small. Adults and juveniles participating in our corrections workshops develop a habit of personal accountability, learn to live their lives through a code of honor, and learn to keep their word to make a positive impact on not only their correctional facility, or juvenile detention facility, but also the community and their families and friends.
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