Substance Abuse Treatment (SAT) Program
California Men's Colony (CMC)

VISITATION SCHEDULE

Saturdays, Sundays and Designated Holidays* from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

* New Year's Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas

HISTORY

• Inmate participants in CEC program are General Population referred through the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation for placement in the Substance Abuse Treatment (SAT) program.

• New contract awarded to CEC beginning January 4, 2010.

SERVICES

• CEC staff provide substance abuse treatment services inside this California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation facility.
• The CMC SAT strives to enhance public safety by providing the means to reduce the incidence of recidivism and relapse by facilitating the opportunity for offenders to acquire pro social values needed to remain crime and substance free becoming productive members of society.
• New 90-day treatment model which operates within a modified Therapeutic Community construct.
• Inmate participants assigned to High or Low treatment tracks based upon assessed Risks/Needs.
• Mode of treatment is primarily didactic utilizing "Thinking for a Change" curriculum.
• Treatment is focused on providing introduction to concepts and advocating inmate voluntary participation in funded continuing care in the community post-release.

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