Progress: Cover Features
January 05/February 05
"Public services"
Progress Magazine
http://www.progressives.org.uk/magazine/default.asp?action=magazine&articleid=823
snipped:
"Oliver Pauley on creating a national public service scheme that rewards
young people for working in their communities. Dari Taylor on reforming and
increasing funding of drug treatment in prison to break the cycle of
addiction. Sally Keeble on introducing universal children's centres in
every community….
For people who, by definition, lead chaotic lifestyles, prison is perhaps
the only controlled environment in which effective drug treatment may be
possible.
Examples of the way forward can be seen in prisons such as Holme House in
Stockton-on-Tees. At Holme House, prisoners who have shown a genuine desire
to rid themselves of their addiction can enter the Therapeutic Community, a
guaranteed drug-free wing of the prison where they will take part in a
programme that centres on education, self-inspection and relapse
prevention. The programme’s sole aim is to turn drug-addicted offenders
into people who have the capacity, confidence and desire to live a normal,
drug- and crime-free life in the community.
Crucially, Holme House realises that permanent results cannot be achieved
solely in prison. .."
Dr. Craig Fees
Planned Environment Therapy Trust Archive and Study Centre
Church Lane
Toddington
near Cheltenham
Glos. GL54 5DQ
United Kingdom
Phone/fax 01242 620125
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http://www.pettarchiv.org.uk
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