The Vanderburgh County Sheriff has congratulated four inmates who have completed a therapy program with the goal of staying out of jail. WNIN’s John Gibson has details:
Moral Reconation Therapy – or MRT -- is described as a structured, evidence-based cognitive behavioral program used in jails, prisons, drug courts, and community corrections across the country.
Participants work through a series of steps in a workbook and present their work to peers and trained facilitators, who decide whether each step has been completed honestly and in full.
Sheriff Noah Robinson says research on MRT has consistently linked program completion to lower rates of re-offending.
Robinson met Wednesday with four inmates at the county jail who completed the program, congratulating each graduate and hearing about their plans for release.
MRT is offered at the jail alongside mental health services and competency restoration, peer-based reentry support, substance use treatment, and faith-based programming.