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| Department of Corrections Continues to Train Certified Peer Specialists |
| By prnewswire.com |
| Published: 07/27/2013 |
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HARRISBURG, Pa., July 26, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Officials at the State Correctional Institution at Dallas, Luzerne County, joined the ranks of other state prisons recently when they celebrated the graduation of 19 offenders who completed the Department of Corrections' Certified Peer Specialist Program. Certified peer specialists are specially-trained inmates who assist staff in providing direction to other inmates in a housing unit or treatment program setting. The two-week training consists of 80 hours of instruction, followed by 60 days of on-the-job training in DOC special needs units, where most mentally ill inmates are housed. A requirement of this program is that the certified peer specialist must have had some form of mental health treatment in his/her past. "We now have more than 230 offenders trained as certified peer specialists providing services to inmates at 13 state prisons," Corrections Secretary John Wetzel said. "Who better to work with offenders in our special needs units than individuals who have received some sort of mental health treatment in the past? They can use their personal experiences to educate and ease inmates in the special needs units." Read More. |
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