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Family Education of Drug Use Prevention
The FED-UP program consists of a six month process alcohol and/or drug
addictions. FED-UP is divided into four phases. The first phase of the
program includes an orientation to the program and focuses on the
studies in the critical thinking processes, living skills, anger
management, health, and the inevitable effects of drugs abuse.
Participants are required to apply for the program and write their life
story during this stage. Phase two of the program includes an intense
study of the Alcoholics Anonymous Big Book—12-Step Program & Recovery
Dynamics. Participants study criminal thinking, addictive thinking,
socialization and victim awareness. Phase three focuses on the study of
relapse prevention, behavioral therapy, and parenting skills. Phase
four concludes the program with concentrated study of violence
prevention, making low risk choices and preparing participants for
reentry and reintegration into society. A senior project is required by
each of the participants on his choice of drug related topics. A
graduation ceremony is held for each class at the end of each new group
upon phase four completion. Family and friends are encouraged to
attend.
Parenting Classes
The parenting class is available for both male and female inmates and
involves a series of sessions. Each session may include watching video
tapes, group discussions, and homework assignments. The class discusses
various aspects of positive parenting in today’s society. The program
emphasizes the positive aspects of a parent-child cooperative
relationship instilling responsibility, developing courage and building
self-esteem. Often times inmates faced with the status of their life,
their relationships, and the absence of a relationship with their
children see the parenting class as a first step toward reestablishing a
positive and nurturing relationship with their children.
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Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)
Our AA program is a self-help or support group made up of incarcerated
individuals who share the same addiction. This group usually meets on a
weekly basis. Discussions involve what led them down the path to their
addiction and what made them seek help. Members of the program support
those who are in trouble and applaud those who are victorious. Many of
these meetings open with a prayer and include personal stories of
different members of the program. The "twelve-steps" refers to the
steps a recovering addict must take to overcome his addiction as part of
this program. In addition to encouraging an addict to admit problems
and make amends, the program also encourages members to regain control
of their lives and offer solutions and emotional support so they will
avoid future temptation. The program is considered a "recovery"
program, as in recovering one's life.
Anger Management
The anger management class is for incarcerated individuals who
participate in the Fed-Up substance abuse program who want to learn how
to effectively chill their anger. The class focus is on identifying the
causes of anger, learning to avoid 'anger triggers', learning how to ask
for and how to obtain what is wanted without violence. The program
teaches and encourages less destructive ways of dealing with anger.
Treatment Release
The treatment release program enables inmates to attend various
substance abuse treatment programs during their incarceration with the
intention of continuing treatment and abstinence following their release
from jail. This must be approved by your Judge, Attorney and a letter
from the program administrator signed by the judge and certified by the
county of your incarceration a notary of the judge.
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Narcotics Anonymous (NA)
The NA program provides a recovery process and support network
inextricably linked together. One of the keys to success is the
therapeutic value of addicts working with other addicts. Members share
their successes and challenges in overcoming active addictions and
living drug-free productive lives through the application of the
principles contained within the twelve steps and twelve traditions of
NA. These principles are the core of the NA recovery program. Members
are encouraged to comply with complete abstinence from all drugs
including alcohol. It has been the experience of NA members that
complete and continuous abstinence provides the best foundation for
recovery and personal growth. NA as a whole has no opinion on outside
issues including prescribed medications.
Community Service
The Boyd County Detention Center allows appropriately classified
prisoners to work for non-profit organizations and through our community
service work program we are able to give our prisoners hope, inspiration
and dedication. Not to mention, these prisoners have work ethics along
with Jailer Burchett and our Class D program supervisor Jerry Bayless
and Deputy Buck Hunley have extremely cut the cost of our county budget
only to increase revenue for our county. Bayless and/or Hunley escorts
inmates from the jail by bus and trailer at 0600 every day with enough
equipment and inmates to take care of 3 counties in only so many hours a
day. This has totally compensated for our loss of State inmates. It is a
pleasure to thank Deputy Bayless and Buck Hunley for
their dedication to your county through his association with being
employed with Boyd County Jailer Joe Burchett.
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Religious Programs
Our volunteer service pastors and associates along with BCDC pastors,
youth ministers and ministers of our religious programs are very happy
to apply extreme measures to minister to our inmate population. We have
volunteers from most every denomination to include Baptist, Catholic,
Pentecostal, Gideon, Apostolic, Jehovah Witness and other
non-denominations who attend and minister each day. If the volunteers
are not of your denomination the Boyd County Detention Center will
accommodate to your religion. We also accommodate different types of
ministerial duties such as being on call for emergencies, family death
occurrences, and assisting in different spiritual needs of the
population and staff.
Work Release
The work release program enables inmates to maintain employment within
the community during their incarceration with the expectation that
employment will continue upon completion of sentence. Offenders are
released on a pass program to go to-and-from work according to a
schedule provided by the employer and approved by the sentencing judge
and the jailer. There are costs to the offender on a per-day, per diem
while on the program unless a judgment orders full cost of the
incarceration per day, seven days per week. |