July 2018: Justice Intervention: Bringing Services to Scale
Air Date: July 4, 2018
The GAINS Center estimates approximately 1.1 million persons with serious mental illness are admitted annually to U.S. jails. Among these admissions, 72 percent also meet criteria for co-occurring substance use disorder. Rates of substance use disorders among prisoners are more than four times that of the general population, and 15 percent of male and 30 percent of female inmates recently admitted to jail have a serious mental illness. This show explores what services are critical to include in justice intervention, namely: treatment and recovery efforts for people in criminal and juvenile justice systems with mental and substance use disorders; family involvement; recovery support; peer counseling by people who have successfully completed drug court; problem solving court programs; and, education and training for those returning home. Panelists discuss new programs to help people before incarceration, interventions for at-risk populations, and how to improve the juvenile justice system to ensure the provision of appropriate support.
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This event hopes to break the cycle of fatherlessness in the community
FREDERICK, Md (WDVM) – Various organizations gathered at Baker Park in downtown Frederick on Saturday to participate in the Jericho Silent Men’s March, an event devoted to fighting fatherlessness.
Frederick counselor David Brooks said he wanted to create a societal movement that raises awareness and breaks the cycle of fatherlessness within communities.
“I see all the problems with substance abuse and mental health, and I do a lot of work in criminal behavior,” Brooks said. “What I’ve noticed is that a lot of the root problems are due to kids not having their father.”
Brooks partnered with organizations like Water Boyz for Jesus and I Believe In Me Inc. for the event which featured financial resources, job training, free haircuts, a car show, a food drive, and more.
“We’re offering classes for men who have sons to be fathers, we have classes for men who have daughters to be better fathers to daughters,” Water Boyz founder Paul Foss said.
Foss said their event compares the biblical story of the walls of Jericho to the walls of fatherlessness, leading them to march around Baker Park as a figurative way to tear the walls down.
Aje Hill founded I Believe In Me Inc. and said he identified with Brooks’ vision for the event.
“I see so many kids on a daily basis that are still waiting on that porch for their father that said ‘I’ll be back,'” He said. “… We have to step up, we have to do better, we have to come back, we have to do more for these children.”
Brooks said the event has no political motivation and societal change isn’t the sole responsibility of the government.
We have to truly put the action in to solve this problem,” Brooks said. “That is what this is all about. This isn’t protesting against anything, this is really advocating for.”
Brooks says this event is only the beginning of the journey to fight fatherlessness, and wherever it takes him, he’ll follow.
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“Mr. David Brooks’ criminogenic assessments are thorough, thoughtful and informative. His ability to identify the criminogenic needs of my clients has been instrumental in determining the appropriate treatment to facilitate recovery. As a result of his expertise in Criminogenics and his comprehensive reports, I have been successful in Court arguing for treatment in lieu of prison for many of my clients.”
— Susan Puhala, Attorneys At Law @puhala-english.com