Psychology Programs

Scoring PSF/Management Variables and Security Level Requirements for Participation

All Programs have Limited Availability: both in facilities, and inmates’ bed space

Terms

Axis I Disorders: Mental health and Substance abuse

Axis II Disorders: Personality and Developmental; targets inmates with severe personality disorders, typically Borderline Personality Disorder, who have a history of behavioral problems in the institution and who are amenable to treatment. P5330.11 

Some BOP Facilities have trained: Inmate patient care assistants (PCA-Page 3):

• FCI Butner, NC-Medium: Providing ADL assistance where needed.
• Trained Inmate Mental Health Companions to assist others with mental illness, working under psychology staff-
  1. USP Atlanta, GA-High (Secure MH Step Down Unit),
  2. USP Allenwood, PA-High (Secure),
  3. FCI Petersburg, VA
  4. USP Florence, CO-High
• BOP Trained Inmate Mental Health Companions Observers for Suicide Watch on fellow inmates

Psychology Programs

1^st: first-timer young male offender

• < 32 years of age, or younger,
• Who’s facing a sentence of 60 months or more?
• In a medium-security facility
• Receives $40 for successful completion of the 6-month program to help acclimate to life inside.

Brave Program– 2 Facility Locations: 

FCI Victorville, CA-Medium
FCI Beckley, WV-Medium

2^nd: male in (or facing) a USP

• 2 Tracks:

 

1. Substance abuse/dependenceDelusion and/or a Substance-induced Psychotic Disorder
2. Major mental illnesses as:
   • Psychotic Disorder that may include Mood, Anxiety, Schizophrenia,
   • Participants can be referred through staff assessment or self-referral

Challenge Program – 15 Facility Locations:

 

USP Allenwood, PA-High
USP Atwater, CA-High
USP Beaumont, TX-High
USP Big Sandy, KY-High
USP Canaan, PA-High
USP Coleman I, FL-High
USP Coleman II, FL-High
USP Hazelton, WV-High
USP Lee, VA-High
USP McCreary, KY-High
USP Pollock, LA-High
USP Terre Haute, IN-High
USP Tucson, AZ-High

3^rd: male or female but who

• does not require inpatient treatment.
• has serious mental illnesses.
• lacks the skills to function in a general population.

Mental Health Step Down Program– 3 Facility Locations:

FCI Butner, NC-Medium (MH Step Down Unit)
USP Atlanta, GA-High (Secure MH Step Down Unit),
USP Allenwood, PA-High (Secure)

*Male inmates with a primary diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder are referred to the STAGES Program

 4^th: male or female

• with a history of mental illness related to;
  • physical, mental, intimate domestic violence, or traumatic Psychotic Disorder?
• The program is given during their first 12 months of incarceration.

Resolve Program– 15 (F), 2 (M) Facility Locations:

ADX Florence, CO-Maximum (M)
FPC Alderson, WV-Minimum (F)
FPC Bryan, TX-Minimum (F)
FCI Tallahassee, FL-Low (F)
FCI Dublin, CA-Low (F)
FCI Waseca, MN-Low (F)
FCI Danbury, CT-Low (M)
FCI Aliceville, AL-Low (F)
FMC Carswell, TX-Adm. (F)
FSL Danbury, CT-Low (F) (Activating)
SCP Lexington, KY-Minimum (F)
SCP Greenville, IL-Minimum (F)
SCP Coleman, FL-Minimum (F)
SCP Marianna, FL-Minimum (F)
SCP Victorville, CA-Minimum (F)
SCP Danbury, CT-Minimum (F)
SFF Hazelton, WV -Low (F)

5^th: Male

• 
• With serious mental illnesses, and a
• Primary diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder, along with
• Hx of unfavorable institutional adjustment linked to this disorder

Stages Program– 2 + 8 Facility Locations:

Secure Stages Program: (2017 National Program)

• FCI Terre Haute, IN-Medium
• USP Florence, CO-High (Effective 9/ 2014)

These may also be available here, therefore checking with the BOP is recommended:

• FPC Bryan, TX – Minimum
• FMC Carswell, TX – Med. Ctr
• FCI Aliceville, AL – Low
• FPC Coleman, FL – Minimum
• FPC Marianna, FL – Minimum
• FCI Tallahassee, FL – Low
• FCI Dublin, CA – Low
• FPC Victorville, CA – Minimum

6^th: Females; with

• Substance abuse – who may be RDAP eligible.
• Mental illness,
• And a history of domestic violence – with a PTSD diagnosis.
• All care can be provided here without the need for a transfer.

The Female Integrated Treatment (FIT) Program – 1 Location:

• FCI Danbury, CT-Low – The New (FIT) Program

7th: Those with significant

• Autism Spectrum Disorder and ALL OF ITS PARTS,
• Difficulty interpreting what others are thinking or feeling.
• Difficulty regulating emotion.
• Difficulty maintaining the natural give-and-take of a conversation.
• The tendency to engage in repetitive or routine behaviors.
• Strict consistency to daily routines; outbursts when changes occur.
• Problems with: social stimuli and aversions to smells, tastes, textures, along with the inability to decipher unwritten rules.
• Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder,
• Epilepsy, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s or
• Traumatic brain injuries (TBIs)
• cognitive limitations: psychological – intellectual or neurological deficits,
• This is a 12-18 month program, participants may elect to continue participation.

Skills Program– 2 Facility Locations:

• FCI Coleman, FL-Medium; (Male & Female)
• FCI Danbury, CT-Low (male)
• Dental care (non-routine) is tough to find for people with autism, as they require general anesthesia.

—————————–DRUG Issues—————————-

8^th: Drug Abuse Education resulted in:

• Substance abuse that contributed to the offense,
• Substance abuse resulted in a supervised release violation.
• This is a 12-15 hour Educational Course / Not a drug treatment program.

9th: Nonresidential Drug Abuse Education Program

• Upon completion may receive $30
• For minor or low-level substance abuse impairment.
• Benefit; the possibility of spending the maximum period in a halfway house (RRC)

10^th: RDAP

• To verify RDAP eligibility, in addition to drug and alcohol abuse, prescription medications along with other medications available over the counter are also included.

• 550.55 ELIGIBILITY FOR EARLY RELEASE,
• 550.55(b) INMATES NOT ELIGIBLE FOR EARLY RELEASE, .
• Published in Criminal Justice, Volume 30, Number 4, Winter 2016. © 2016 by the American Bar Association, ALAN ELLIS, and TODD A. BUSSERT

 

———————– Sex Offender Management Programs (SOMP) ———————————-

11th: Low to moderate sexual offender?

• Single-sex crime; or first-time Internet Sex Offense?

SOMP Nonresidential (SOTP -NR) – SOTP-NR Program– 8 Facility Locations:

FCI Elkton, OH-Low
FCI Englewood, CO-Low
FCI Petersburg- Medium
FCI Marianna, FL-Medium
FCI Seagoville, TX-Low
FMC Carswell, TX-Med. Ctr. (Females)
FMC Devens, Massachusetts
USP Marion, IL-Medium
USP Tucson, AZ-High

12^th: high-risk offender?

• History of multiple sex crimes (re-offense sex offender),
• Extensive non-sexual criminal histories, including;
• rape, sodomy, incest,
• transportation with coercion,
• sexual exploitation of children,
• unlawful sexual conduct with a minor, and/or
• internet pornography?

SOMP Residential (SOTP -R) – SOTP-Residential Program– 2 Facility Locations:

• USP Marion, IL-Medium/High
• High FMC Devens, MA-Med. Center.

13th: Sexually Dangerous Persons

Certification & Civil Commitment

• The Walsh Act,
  • one “who has engaged or attempted to engage in sexually violent conduct or
  • child molestation and
  • who is “sexually dangerous to others.”
• a person is considered sexually dangerous to others if he;
  • suffers from a serious mental illness, abnormality, or
  • a disorder where he would have serious difficulty in refraining from sexually violent conduct or
  • child molestation once released.

SOMP Commitment and Treatment Program – Facility Location:

• Butner, NC (Page 12 in Butner’s Doctoral Psychology Internship)

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