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Life After Incarceration
Presented by Frank L. Greenagel Jr.
MPAP, MSW, LCSW, LCADC
ACSW, CJC, ICADC
April 20, 2016
Thomas Durham, PhD
Director of Training
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Frank L. Greenagel Jr.MPAP, MSW, LCSW, LCADC
ACSW, CJC, ICADC
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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.
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Life After Incarceration
• Can We Make Up For Lost
Time?
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
1st LT – PA Army National Guard
www.greenagel.comGreenagel Counseling Services on Facebook
@FrankGreenagel on Twitter
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
Tell ‘Em What You’re Going to Tell’Em
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
Recommended Reading
PTI, Deferred Disposition, Conditional Discharge, Probation
Violation of Probation (VOP)
Jail
Drug Court
Prison
Parole
Intensive Supervised Parole (ISP)
Criminal Justice Primer
• 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 2014
• .9% of the US adult population
• 4,708,100 adults on probation or parole
• 6,851,000 in criminal justice system
• Since 1980…..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
The Criminal Justice System
• Scam in PA w/juveniles
• Drug charges, mandatory minimums, 3
strike laws
• Minorities and the poor
• Adirondacks
• CT Commissioner
• Republicans and Law & Order Democrats
Need (Calls) For Reform
• Pre-trial Intervention
• Drug Courts
• Mountainview Program
• Re-entry programs
Need (Calls) For Reform
• 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
Push and Pull Between
Policy Reform and Individual Help
• 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
Opiate Policies
Question
What are the top 4 ways
to fight recidivism?
4 Top Ways to Fight Recidivism
• #1 Housing
• #2 JOB
• #3 Counseling
• #4 Education
#1 Promptness
- show up
- show up on time
Soft Skills
#2 Hygiene & Grooming
Soft Skills
Soft Skills#3 Manners
Soft Skills Review
(1)Promptness
(2)Hygiene/Grooming
(3)Manners
#1 Reading
-Follow directions
-Understand memos
-Analyze reports
Hard Skills
Hard Skills
#2 Writing
- Very few people can write
- Take extra writing classes
- It will separate you from everyone else
#3 Math
Hard Skills
#4 Ability to Use Technology
Hard Skills
(1) Reading
(2) Writing
(3) Math
(4) Ability to use technology
Hard Skills Review
• Transportation
• Long time since last arrest
• HS Diploma
• Professionalism (don’t bring chaos to work)
Bare Minimum
A Paragon of Success
• BA & other degress
• Good credit score
• Clean driving record
• Specialized Skills
• Other experiences• Work abroad
• Travel
• Different Experiences
• Concerns about future
• Romantic Relationships
• Sexual Identity
• Grief/Loss
• Academic Stress
• Work Stress
• Interpersonal Stress
• Substance Abuse
Reasons to go to Therapy
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
• 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?
Questions I Ask People in Jail
• 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?
The First Month of Freedom
• 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
Adjusting to Life After
Incarceration
People Who Made It
• Harold Hughes
• Charles S. Dutton
• Ben Chin
• Regina Diamond
• Robert Downey Jr. & Iron Man
Your Plan
• 1st 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
Connect with services
• Housing
• Employment
• Counseling
• Education/Training
• Importance and Value of Reformed Peers
• Social Supportso This is one of the great market inefficiencies
What a professional helper can do
Where will you go?
Frank L. Greenagel Jr.MPAP, MSW, LCSW, LCADC
ACSW, CJC, ICADC
Thank You!
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