Corrections

The Council developed a brochure for people completing their sentences in the county correctional system. The hand-out discusses gambling as a trigger for criminal activity, and that help is available. Currently, the brochure is being sent to all of the county corrections facilities in Massachusetts. A four one-hour psycho-educational training series for pre-release inmates will be piloted at two county houses of corrections in the spring of ’08. Additionally, the Council provided prevention training at the Greenfield District Court for participants, who included a judge, and probation, corrections, and court officers. For more information, please contact Jim Wuelfing, Council Prevention Director at 617-426-4554.