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Goin' Home to Stay - VIDEO
Filmed at Big Muddy River Correctional Center in Illinois, Delbert Boone talks to inmates about going home, but
more importantly, staying there once they get there.

Making The Right Choices: Filmed inside of a correctional facility, Michael Johnson addresses the struggles many offenders face when returning to their old neighborhood and friends. He discusses how the behaviors that often lead a person to addiction and criminal activity conveyed an illusion of power, control and immediate gratification. He emphasizes that in order to keep from coming back to prison it is important to accept responsibility for your actions, to develop humility and to be personally accountable for your actions and behaviors. Johnson provides successful strategies for transitioning back into the community. VIDEO

Relapse Prevention Therapy for Counselors, Therapists, and Criminal Justice Professionals     BOOK
This manual is designed for criminal justice system workers including counselors, probation and parole officers, and other professionals who work with criminal offenders to develop basic relapse prevention plans.

Relapse Warning Signs for Criminal Behavior by Terrence Gorski  BOOK
This pamphlet contains a warning sign list describing the thoughts, feelings and actions that offenders experience before returning to alcohol, drug use or committing a crime.

Relationships: Breaking The Cycle   VIDEO
Dwight Bradford and Sandra Wohlers, who have both worked with addicts in the correctional setting, take us step by step through the evolution of relationships. They discuss how people meet and communicate, problematic areas in a relationship, and how the shift of focus occurs in the relationship due to alcohol or drugs. They explain why we are attracted to the people we are attracted to, and how we seek out people in relationships who meet our comfort levels. This video will not teach you things to do to make him or her admire you. Instead it is about learning to change and to make responsible and healthy choices in relationships.

Staying Out : A Video Documentary about Recidivism and How to break the Cycle - VIDEO
Three repeat offenders share what worked and what did not. Two are living successfully on the outside and the third is incarcerated. Each tell a story that not only reveals how to stay out, but instills the hope and desire to make changes while still inside.

The Relapse Prevention Workbook for the Criminal Offender      VIDEO
This workbook is designed for use with criminal offenders to prevent relapse from both alcohol and drug abuse and criminal behaviors.The first section provides an overview of relapse prevention and its role in avoiding renewed problems with both substance abuse and criminal behaviors.