State Correctional Institution Mercer

VISITATION SCHEDULE

For visitation times and rules please refer to the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections website at: http://www.cor.pa.gov/Inmates/Visiting/Pages/default.aspx

HISTORY

• CEC was contracted in January 2002 to provide Outpatient Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) Programs to offenders incarcerated at SCI-Mercer.
• CEC provides quality treatment services utilizing evidence-based treatment curriculum at this facility.

SERVICES

• CEC staff provide reentry treatment services inside this Pennsylvania Department of Corrections facility.
• CEC provides parole violator outpatient AOD groups, individual AOD sessions as required, and violence prevention groups.
• In the Outpatient Programs, inmates learn about the impact of drug and alcohol abuse on their lives and are introduced to strategies for living addiction free.
• Based upon program severity, inmates are placed in a variety of treatment programs, geared towards their specific AOD problems.
• CEC provides Outpatient Drug and Alcohol groups (for those scoring 3-5 on the Texas Christian University Drug Screen), Low Intensity Drug and Alcohol groups (for those scoring 0, 1 and 2 on the TCU Drug Screen) and Dual Diagnosis groups (in conjunction with a member of the DOC Psychology staff).
• CEC provides parole violator outpatient AOD groups, individual AOD sessions as required, and violence prevention groups.
• CEC also conducts parole violator assessments to determine treatment placement when required by the DOC.

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