SRCCC is a 180 Day Program

Program Phase Progression

SRCCC Residents move from intake to release through a total of four (4) phases (Orientation/Orange, Life Skills/Purple, Community Transition/Gray, Pre-Release/Green).  Progression through these phases, are impacted by positive interaction, program attendance and engagement, positive behavior and compliance with facility rules and expectations. Privileges increase as each phase is completed.

Ohio Risk Assessment System

The Ohio Risk Assessment System (ORAS) is a dynamic risk/needs assessment system to be used with adult offenders. Stark Regional Community Correction Center utilizes the Community Screening Tool (ORAS-CST) for individuals in the community and/or the Supplemental Reentry Tool (ORAS-SRT) for individuals returning from prison setting for placement consideration and treatment development during their residency.

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Job Readiness, Education and Treatment Programs

The SRCCC program provides an opportunity for growth and change.  While offering this opportunity for change, the program expects participants to be responsible for the consequences of his/her actions and attitudes.

To assist in this change, SRCCC provides internal and community resources in the following areas:

Treatment Modality: Cognitive Behavior Therapy

Career Resources/Job Seeking Activities/Employment

Individuals learn the basic tenants and soft skills necessary to improve their employability.  Individuals are given guidance, assistance, and transportation to obtain appropriate employment in the community as needed and as available.

Skilled Work

Residents have the opportunity to showcase their skills and take pride in projects around the facility. Our residents have many talents that they can put into action to help the facility feel welcoming and modern. Recently, residents have completed projects with concrete such as building a safer sidewalk and repairing the recreation yard. Carpet has also been added throughout the facility by residents. These projects have given our residents a chance to continue the use of their skills and gain a sense of achievement for their hard work.

The facility also contains lots of artwork that residents have completed throughout the years. This has been a good creative outlet and a way for residents to leave their mark on a program that they have worked so hard in.

Education

Individuals lacking a secondary education are provided a comprehensive educational program in conjunction with ASPIRE/Canton City Schools that is a high school equivalency test preparation program that develops the skills required to take the GED test.

In 2024, about 88% of the residents from SRCCC that were tested for their GED, passed. In addition, in 2024 SRCCC residents accounted for 26% of all GED’s obtained through the Canton City Schools ASPIRE program.

Congratulations to last quarter’s GED graduates: Robert C., Christian C., Marlon C., Matthew J., Jennifer H., Angela D., Mackenzie B.

Symposium

Every year, The Stop Heroin from Killing Committee, founded by the Honorable Judge Frank Forchione, holds an Opioid Symposium in the community. Our residents have had the opportunity to attend the last few years and will continue to take part this impactful event. This symposium gives hope for residents in the program and can also raise awareness to the harm illegal drugs have on families and the community. Speakers typically include people in recovery or those close to someone in recovery. In the past, our residents have been able to make community connections at this event and find encouragement to continue their journey in recovery.

Case Management

Individuals are assigned a case manager at admission that provides intensive management of their individualized treatment programs and assists with various needs including:

Thinking for a Change

Individuals are provided a highly structured cognitive behavioral course that uses a combination of active approaches to increase awareness about themselves and others. Examines ways of thinking and their feelings, beliefs, and attitudes while implementing social skills and problem solving training to enable them to work through difficult situations without resorting to criminal behavior and thinking.

Anger Management

Individuals are provided cognitive behavioral based groups to examine the etiology of anger along with techniques to effectively manage their emotions and feelings.

Criminal and Addictive Thinking/Relapse Prevention

Individuals are provided group and individual counseling services addressing substance use and its relation to criminal thinking and behavior.

Cognitive Skills

Individuals are provided cognitive behavioral based groups consisting of material to assist them in returning to their home community by focusing on reintegration concerns and relapse prevention.

Money Management/Budgeting

Individuals are assisted with establishing a budget in accordance with their assets and financial obligations.  Employed individuals pay a percentage of net earnings toward court ordered obligations and establish a savings account in preparation for post program living and family expenses.

Employment Cognitive Behavioral Interventions (CBI)

Cognitive-Behavioral Interventions for Employment (CBI-EMP) is designed for criminal involved individuals who are moderate to high need in the area of employment. The curriculum integrates cognitive behavioral interventions with more traditional employment approaches. The program teaches individuals how to identify and manage high risk situations related to obtaining and maintaining employment. Heavy emphasis is placed on skill building activities to assist with cognitive, social, emotional, and coping skill development for the work environment.

Treatment Readiness

Treatment Readiness is an introductory class taught to high risk individuals that focuses on identifying what strengths they have and what they can work on in treatment. It introduces target logs so that individuals can see the progress that they are making on a specific goal, and outlines the importance of having short and long term goals. Pro/Con charts are introduced as well as motivation maps that show why individuals are motivated for change.

Inside Out Dads

InsideOut Dad is an evidence-based fatherhood program developed specifically for incarcerated fathers that connects inmate fathers to their families, helping to improve behavior while still incarcerated and to break the cycle of recidivism by developing pro-fathering attitudes, knowledge, and skills, along with strategies to prepare fathers for release. Incarcerated fathers get the tools they need to become more involved, responsible, and committed in the lives of their children — providing increased motivation for them to get out and stay out.