EUCLID HOUSE - A THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITY HALFWAY HOUSE FOR PRISONERS

• NCJ Number: 9428
• Journal: American Journal of Psychiatry Volume: 130 Issue: 3 Dated: (MARCH 1973) Pages: 286-289
• Author(s): S L ALEDORT; M JONES
• Date Published: 1973
• Length: 4 pages
• Corporate Author: American Psychiatric Assoc
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

EXPERIMENT TO CREATE AN EFFECTIVE PSYCHIATRIC COMMUNITY FOR PRISONERS IN A FACILITY STAFFED ALMOST TOTALLY BY BLACK MENTAL HEALTH PERSONNEL, FOUR OF THEM EX-OFFENDERS.

Abstract

EUCLID HOUSE COMMUNITY CORRECTIONAL TREATMENT CENTER IN WASHINGTON, D.C. HOPES TO SERVE AS A MODEL ALTERNATIVE TO INCARCERATION FOR PRISONERS. THE SETTING OF THE FACILITY, ITS STAFF AND RESIDENTS, STYLE OF OPERATION, PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED, AND STATISTICS, COMPILED AFTER ONE YEAR, ARE DISCUSSED. EARLY STATISTICS SHOW A MARKED DECREASE IN THE NUMBER OF ESCAPES AND AMOUNT OF RECIDIVISTIC ACTIVITY. (AUTHOR MODIFIED)