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| UT Therapy Focuses On Sex Offenders |
| By hjnews.com |
| Published: 02/04/2011 |
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Close to one-third of Utah's current prison population is made up of people convicted of sex offenses - a majority of which are crimes against children. And while many states have a warehousing approach to incarceration, the Utah Department of Corrections offers therapeutic treatment to dozens of sex offenders each year. The Utah State Prison is one of eight correctional facilities in the country that offers programming for convicted sex offenders. Though it's not guaranteed, people sentenced to prison for a sex offense may be eligible to participate in the state's Sex Offender Treatment Program, or SOTP. Steve Gehrke, a spokesman for the state's corrections system, says the prison provides cognitive/behavioral therapy two times per week that focuses on accepting responsibility, victim empathy and relapse prevention. Therapy consists of group psychotherapy, psycho-educational classes, homework and therapeutic activities with other offenders in treatment, according to the department's website. Read More. |
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