Rehabilitation programs address mental health, addiction and anger management issue in most cases but rehabilitation programs can also focus on building confidence and breaking down the negative image of prison.
The video below explores 5 innovative rehabilitation programs aimed at building inmate self-esteem (Great Big Story, 2019):
This video reviews the following programs:
Locked up with Sloths
The Oracle of San Quentin
Convict Cowboys
The Bard Behind Bars
Learning to Dance with your Demons
Address the following questions:
How are these programs similar?
How will these programs keep an offender from returning to prison?
Do you think it would be helpful to have these types of programs in more prisons? Why or why not?
Which program do you think would be the easiest to implement? Why?
