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Life After Incarceration

Presented by Frank L. Greenagel Jr.

MPAP, MSW, LCSW, LCADC

ACSW, CJC, ICADC

April 20, 2016

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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

flg2@aol.com

www.greenagel.comGreenagel Counseling Services on Facebook

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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

flg2@aol.com

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3. If applicable, submit payment for CE certificate

or join NAADAC.

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