Program Evaluation

In 2007-2008 The Power to Change for Corrections peer-to-peer, cognitive-restructuring, self-help program was used as part of Los Angeles-based Special Services Groups' and project DIRECT’s array of transitional services for inmates at Los Angeles County's Twin Towers Correctional Facility, during incarceration and following release.

Over an 18-month period, the program was so successful in the pod where it was delivered that there was almost a total elimination of violence in the pod, despite turnover of more than 300 individuals cycling through.

The Power to Change for Corrections played a major role in this success with the prisoners by directly addressing the combined issues of:

1. Impulse control;
2. Anger management;
3. Attitude adjustment; and
4. Concern for the group

through examining the immediate experiences of current daily life.

For more information on The Power to Change program for Corrections, contact Latoya York, senior marketing manager, corrections.