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09-20-2004, 06:28 PM
Minnesota Correctional Facility-Red Wing
1079 Highway 292
Red Wing, MN 55066
phone 651/267-3600, fax 651/267-3761
Otis Zanders, Superintendent
mailto:ozanders@rw.doc.state.mn.us (ozanders@rw.doc.state.mn.us)
Constructed in 1889, the Minnesota Correctional Facility-Red Wing, 1079 Highway 292, Red Wing, Minnesota 55066, is a fenced facility for male juvenile offenders committed to the commissioner of corrections by juvenile courts. Detention and predispositional evaluation services are also available to the courts. Current juvenile population (3/1/04) is approximately 100. The facility also houses about 60 adult male offenders, completely separated from the juvenile population.
All juvenile residents participate in the facility’s Equip Program. Components include staff-directed small group sessions designed to assist residents to restructure their antisocial thinking and develop prosocial cognitive and behavioral skills. Each resident is expected to develop an individual relapse prevention plan and demonstrate its effectiveness as an outcome of his participation in Equip sessions. Residents attend five Equip sessions a week, and individual counseling is utilized to guide and support the resident’s progress.
All residents are assessed for substance abuse at admission. Those whose substance abuse is primary are assigned to one of the facility’s residential substance abuse treatment units and are involved in a continuum of services designed to address both their delinquency and substance abuse.
A continuum of mental health services is provided. The facility also has a 12-bed mental health unit for those residents unable to adjust in a general population unit.
The transition services program is designed to assist residents as they return to the community. Activities focus on education, employment, residency, support groups, and relapse prevention.
The MCF-Red Wing has a sex offender program designed to address issues related to sexual misconduct.
Residents are also assessed for educational needs, and participate in both academic and vocational programs. Special education and remedial services are also available. Residents who achieve a GED or diploma may be assigned to the facility’s work readiness program.
The facility’s volunteer services program is designed to provide opportunities for residents to interact with individuals and groups from the community through leisure, education, transition, and religious services.
RESTORATIVE JUSTICE
The principles of the Restorative Justice Model are integrated into MCF-Red Wing treatment protocols and program services. The focus is on restoring the relationships between the offender, the community and the victim by holding the offender accountable for his actions, equipping the offender with pro-social competencies and providing opportunities for the offender to make amends for the harm caused to the victim and community. These principles are reflected in the facility’s treatment, education, therapeutic community and the transition services program components.
The cognitive/behavioral restructuring component is designed to increase the offender’s awareness of the harm caused to others by his anti-social behaviors as well as the self-defeating outcomes of those behaviors. The offender is expected to demonstrate pro-social attitudes and behavior as an indicator of successful program completion. The cognitive/behavioral skill components include Victim Impact and Moral Reasoning. Opportunities for voluntary victim/offender conferences are made available as appropriate.
TREATMENT PROGRAMS
Cognitive / Behavioral Treatment
The Cognitive/Behavioral Treatment Program is based on the principles and practices associated with Cognitive/Behavioral Therapy. The primary program goal is to assist residents identify and restructure attitudes and beliefs that contribute to their delinquency and to develop pro-social cognitive and behavioral skills to assist them manage their environment without resorting to destructive or self-defeating behaviors. All residents are required to develop an Individualized Relapse Prevention Plan and demonstrate its effectiveness both at the facility and during the transition phase of the program.
Substance Abuse Treatment
The Substance Abuse Treatment Program is also cognitive/behavioral therapy based. The program is designed for those residents whose substance abuse is primary to their delinquency. In addition to cognitive/behavioral restructuring and skill development components, the program activities include a logical and sequential approach to recovery based on stages of change, relapse prevention, and transition/aftercare maintenance.
Sex Offender Treatment
Residents assigned to the facility’s Sex Offender Treatment program participate in cognitive/behavioral restructuring and skill development components designed to address their sexual misconduct. Program goals include increased victim empathy, increased understanding of sexual arousal, and understanding the elements of healthy sexual relationships. Tasks include completing a sexual history, victim-perpetrator cycle, polygraph and individualized relapse prevention plan.
Mental Health Treatment
The facility provides mental health treatment support services for residents diagnosed with mental illness. Residents in need of psychological services participate in support groups related to medication management, mood management, and other related topics. Individual counseling and psychiatric consultation services are also available. The facility operates a mental health living unit for those residents who unable to adjust in the general population living units.
1079 Highway 292
Red Wing, MN 55066
phone 651/267-3600, fax 651/267-3761
Otis Zanders, Superintendent
mailto:ozanders@rw.doc.state.mn.us (ozanders@rw.doc.state.mn.us)
Constructed in 1889, the Minnesota Correctional Facility-Red Wing, 1079 Highway 292, Red Wing, Minnesota 55066, is a fenced facility for male juvenile offenders committed to the commissioner of corrections by juvenile courts. Detention and predispositional evaluation services are also available to the courts. Current juvenile population (3/1/04) is approximately 100. The facility also houses about 60 adult male offenders, completely separated from the juvenile population.
All juvenile residents participate in the facility’s Equip Program. Components include staff-directed small group sessions designed to assist residents to restructure their antisocial thinking and develop prosocial cognitive and behavioral skills. Each resident is expected to develop an individual relapse prevention plan and demonstrate its effectiveness as an outcome of his participation in Equip sessions. Residents attend five Equip sessions a week, and individual counseling is utilized to guide and support the resident’s progress.
All residents are assessed for substance abuse at admission. Those whose substance abuse is primary are assigned to one of the facility’s residential substance abuse treatment units and are involved in a continuum of services designed to address both their delinquency and substance abuse.
A continuum of mental health services is provided. The facility also has a 12-bed mental health unit for those residents unable to adjust in a general population unit.
The transition services program is designed to assist residents as they return to the community. Activities focus on education, employment, residency, support groups, and relapse prevention.
The MCF-Red Wing has a sex offender program designed to address issues related to sexual misconduct.
Residents are also assessed for educational needs, and participate in both academic and vocational programs. Special education and remedial services are also available. Residents who achieve a GED or diploma may be assigned to the facility’s work readiness program.
The facility’s volunteer services program is designed to provide opportunities for residents to interact with individuals and groups from the community through leisure, education, transition, and religious services.
RESTORATIVE JUSTICE
The principles of the Restorative Justice Model are integrated into MCF-Red Wing treatment protocols and program services. The focus is on restoring the relationships between the offender, the community and the victim by holding the offender accountable for his actions, equipping the offender with pro-social competencies and providing opportunities for the offender to make amends for the harm caused to the victim and community. These principles are reflected in the facility’s treatment, education, therapeutic community and the transition services program components.
The cognitive/behavioral restructuring component is designed to increase the offender’s awareness of the harm caused to others by his anti-social behaviors as well as the self-defeating outcomes of those behaviors. The offender is expected to demonstrate pro-social attitudes and behavior as an indicator of successful program completion. The cognitive/behavioral skill components include Victim Impact and Moral Reasoning. Opportunities for voluntary victim/offender conferences are made available as appropriate.
TREATMENT PROGRAMS
Cognitive / Behavioral Treatment
The Cognitive/Behavioral Treatment Program is based on the principles and practices associated with Cognitive/Behavioral Therapy. The primary program goal is to assist residents identify and restructure attitudes and beliefs that contribute to their delinquency and to develop pro-social cognitive and behavioral skills to assist them manage their environment without resorting to destructive or self-defeating behaviors. All residents are required to develop an Individualized Relapse Prevention Plan and demonstrate its effectiveness both at the facility and during the transition phase of the program.
Substance Abuse Treatment
The Substance Abuse Treatment Program is also cognitive/behavioral therapy based. The program is designed for those residents whose substance abuse is primary to their delinquency. In addition to cognitive/behavioral restructuring and skill development components, the program activities include a logical and sequential approach to recovery based on stages of change, relapse prevention, and transition/aftercare maintenance.
Sex Offender Treatment
Residents assigned to the facility’s Sex Offender Treatment program participate in cognitive/behavioral restructuring and skill development components designed to address their sexual misconduct. Program goals include increased victim empathy, increased understanding of sexual arousal, and understanding the elements of healthy sexual relationships. Tasks include completing a sexual history, victim-perpetrator cycle, polygraph and individualized relapse prevention plan.
Mental Health Treatment
The facility provides mental health treatment support services for residents diagnosed with mental illness. Residents in need of psychological services participate in support groups related to medication management, mood management, and other related topics. Individual counseling and psychiatric consultation services are also available. The facility operates a mental health living unit for those residents who unable to adjust in the general population living units.