Treatment for inmates with Substance misuse issues at Tasmania Prison Service

• Structure and relationships• Current programs delivered• Current AoD community services working at

TPS• What about You: Demystifying TPS and

security requirements• How we can work effectively together• Achievements.

Structure and relationships

• Uniformed staff: Safety and Security –(Sociological)

• SMSR (Psychological)• Correctional Primary Health: (Biological)

Sentence Management Support and Reintegration

Therapeutic Services

Prison Education & Training

InterventionProgrammes

Case Assessment,

Coordination, Reintegration

Sport and Recreation

Safety and Security

InmateCase Plan

Intervention Programs Unit

• The unit delivers preparatory, brief and intensive programs in a group setting.

• Areas include: sex offending, general offending, anger management and substance misuse programs.

Current AoD programsThe Pathways program • Evidence-based criminogenic treatment program 120 hours.• Uses a CBT approachAims to…Engage in a working alliance with participants;• Increase self awareness through self-disclosure and receiving

feedback;• Develop knowledge about:• the processes of change, • patterns of AOD use and associated criminal conduct, • the process of relapse and recidivism and its prevention, • increase awareness of self, others and the community;• Apply knowledge and skills to prevent relapse and recidivism,

establish self-control, develop and maintain positive effective interpersonal relationships with the community.

Pathways was developed by Wanberg, K., & Milkman, H., 2006, Criminal Conduct and Substance Abuse Treatment: Strategies for Self-Improvement and Change

Current AoD programs

Getting Smart• A CBT based low to medium intensity Drug and

Alcohol program designed to promote self management.

• It runs over 4-6 weeks for up to 12 participants.• Aims to change maladaptive thinking and

behaviour and to enhance pro-social thinking, attitudes, beliefs and actions.

Getting Smart was developed in 2005 by the NSW Department of corrective services as a tool to enhance inmates’ understanding of the concepts, tools and techniques to support their struggle with addiction.

Current complimentary programs• Turning Point: a preparatory program based

around Stages of Change.• Anger Management: a short program with an

AoD component focused on providing psycho-education and simple strategies to manage anger effectively.

• Making Choices: A medium intensity program that focuses on the pathways to offending and often includes discussion around AoD use.

Current AoD community services working with TPS

Specifically focusing on AoD• ADS Youth Service• Alcoholics Anonymous• Anglicare GIDS• Holyoake• The Salvation Army• The Link Youth Health Service• The three Residential services• Many more agencies working across other needs

areas.

What about You

• Its vital that you work together with SMSR to ensure structured consistent approach to working with inmates and their Case Plan.

• Follow rules• Patience• Acknowledge the tension

Demystifying TPS and security requirements

• TPS uses three types of security

• Static• Active• Dynamic

Active securityProcedures and processes

• Classification• Contract levels• Musters• Procedures for entry and exit to a prison• Urinalysis• Patrols• Control of prisoner movement

What about YouA two stage induction process will assist you …Information security

– Personal details, addresses, phone numbers of staff are confidential and should never be divulged to inmates

– Be aware of what you say in front of inmates, particularly when talking to other staff

– Do not disclose inmate’s personal information to other inmates

– Information regarding the security of a facility is confidential and should not be divulged to inmates or to persons outside of the TPS

Entering a Prison – ID Passes• Identification Passes

– There are four specific ID passes

• Blue TPS staff member • Dark Green CHS• Red Official Visitors • Yellow Regular visitors

Can’t be issued an ID card without completing an induction– Apply to a specific person, and include that person’s

photograph

Entering a Prison

• Taking items into a Prison facility– Clear plastic bag– Clear plastic lunchbox– Sealed food and drink only– Clear plastic pens– Registration of equipment/tools– Medication

Active Security

• Drug Detection Dog

• If there is a positive detection you will be asked to submit to a strip search

• If you decline you will be denied access to the prison

• Tasmania Police may also be called

Entering a Prison

Detection equipment• Metal Detectors

– Remove all metal objects– Walk slowly with arms at side

• X-Ray Equipment– Place all bags and other carried

items through the x-ray for scanning

Entering a Prison

Biometrics• RPC/Mary Hutchinson only• Register at the Visitor

Reception Centre– Pin number

• Enter pin and scan hand to enter a facility

Contraband

Section 24, Paragraph 1 of the Corrections Act 1997, states:“A person who brings into a prison an article or thing that the Director has not authorised to be brought into the prison is guilty of an offence.”

ContrabandWhat is Contraband?

– Contraband items may include, but are not limited to:– Drugs/medicine or drug taking items– Weapons– Explosives or Ammunition– Recorded media– Alcohol– Mobile phones– Magazines– Letters– Cigarettes– Credit cards, cash etc– Civilian clothing

Contraband

You may be unsure whether or not an item is authorised to be brought into a prison, taken out of a prison or if it can be given to an inmate. If this is the case it is YOUR responsibility to find out what the status of the item is before acting.

“IF IN DOUBT, ASK”

How do contraband items get into a prison?

• Staff/Contractors losing an item within the prison

• Inmates stealing items from Staff/Contractors• Non-inmates deliberately bringing contraband

items in for inmates– Trafficking

Trafficking

• What is trafficking?– An exchange involving

• items (contraband)• information

– Can be: • between inmates• between a non-inmate and an inmate

– Trafficking occurs in every prison in the world

Trafficking

– Trafficking is not just done by visitors and other inmates

– There are numerous examples of trafficking by:• Correctional Staff• Official visitors• Support staff

Trafficking

• What do I do if I suspect another person is participating in trafficking?– Speak to your supervisor/TPS contact person

immediately

Good news stories

• There are many agencies engaging in positive work with the TPS.

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