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Discussion and sharing of resources in working with clients involved in the criminal justice system and how screening for and treating ACEs will lead to successful re-entry of prisoners into the community and reduced recidivism for former offenders.

From Behind the Wall and Beyond: Working with Men in the Criminal Justice System

The Connecticut Women's Consortium

From Behind the Wall and Beyond: Working with Men in the  Criminal Justice System

Males are born into a society that begins treating them differently than females from birth. This can include a permissible harsh environment and rules that severely curtail emotional expression. This is especially true for men involved in the criminal justice system. Most traditional treatment models were aimed at “breaking men down”, and thus can fail and often re-traumatize men instead of treating them. Male socialization and trauma will be discussed in this training for working with men involved in the criminal justice system who seek behavioral health treatment.

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I am so so sorry to hear about your husband Angelika.  i hope you are able to find peace - it is so important to raise awareness about ACEs and to create trauma-informed systems of care in this world.

Since I'm not even near CT but nonetheless am certain this is a topic is of not only general, but superior importance for re-entry ( and also for those doomed by endless sentences), and not only relevant for MH professionals (like myself), I'd highly appreciate if more information about this training was available to everyone, not only participants.

My husband, with an ACE score of at least 8 (I assume, knowing where and under what circumstances he grew up and what he was exposed to), had to participate in such (with otherwise differing approaches) "break them down" drug treatments in prison in Missouri - and was kicked out three times because he refused to be "broken", as he nsisted on his DIGNITY as a human being, and as a Black man in particular. It cost him delayed parole and ultimately his life. While our, he violated parole for "technical" reasons (not finding employment, testing dirty, missing dates), and died of cancer shackled and chained to a community hospital bed - 8 weeks shy of his second parole date, denied medical parole. Which raised my ACE score significantly.  

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