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| Program shows that creative approach to corrections can work in Oklahoma |
| By newsok.com |
| Published: 10/30/2012 |
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WALTER would tell you that trying something different in the field of corrections can work in Oklahoma. He's living proof. Walter began using heroin as a child. From age 11 to 53, he spent all but 5½ years incarcerated, starting in a boot camp and eventually graduating to boys' homes and then prisons. In his mid-30s he was diagnosed with schizophrenia. During his last prison say, he began taking medications for his mental illness. As his discharge approached in 2009, Walter was offered the chance to take part in a state program designed to help his re-entry into society. The Oklahoma Collaborative Mental Health Re-Entry Program, in place since 2007, is a partnership between the Department of Corrections and the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuses Services. Read More. |
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