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03/07/2000 - Delaney Hall Opens

Washington, Mar 7 -

Delaney Hall

ROSELAND, NJ (March 7, 2000)--Community Education Centers is proud to open another facility for the rehabilitation and treatment of New Jersey prisoners. In 1998, when CEC opened Talbot Hall with 500 beds, it was the largest inmate treatment center in the country. Now, with 726 licensed beds, Delaney Hall is the largest rehabilitation facility in the United States. With Delaney Hall's opening, CEC's adult and adolescent treatment programs will total over 3,000 residential beds in twenty-two programs in eight states, as well as outpatient treatment centers.

Delaney Hall will offer a variety of treatment services for both County and State prisoners. Delaney Hall will have a licensed capacity of 726 beds and, through its residential and outpatient programs, will have the resources to provide rehabilitation services for up to 1,000 participants daily. Delaney Hall will provide comprehensive assessment services, substance abuse treatment, life-skills training, vocational and educational training, family counseling, work-release, electronic paging, and aftercare. Delaney Hall will be operated in accordance with the highest recognized standards, those of the American Correctional Association. We are looking forward to helping even more people to break the cycle of drug abuse and recidivism.

Delaney Hall is named after one of the most notable women in the treatment history of alcoholics and drug addicts, Geraldine O. Delaney. G.O.D., as she humorously liked to sign her memos, was a pioneer in rehabilitation. In the 1950's and 1960's, she lectured throughout the United States and published articles about women and alcoholism, thereby taking some of the first steps in helping women to heal from addiction. Mrs. Delaney founded, and operated with her husband, the Little Hill-Alina Lodge Foundation in Blairstown, New Jersey, that has and continues today to assist thousands of men and women toward sober lifestyles. Alina Lodge specializes in working with difficult cases, those that Mrs. Delaney termed the "reluctant to recover." Mrs. Delaney passed away in July of 1999, having over fifty years' sobriety. She was a friend and mentor to many professionals in the treatment field and was a consistent supporter of our efforts to treat the incarcerated addict. Mrs. Delaney will be remembered for her tireless work and compassion, her humor, and above all, for her ability to see the potential for recovery in every addicted person.