Oregon State Penitentiary Diversion Program

The Oregon Department of Corrections has created a first of its kind Diversion Program with peer-led recovery services inside of the Oregon State Penitentiary. In this video, you will hear from the Diversion Program manager and several of the adults in custody who have trained and received their Certifications in Peer Recovery Mentor Services and Alcohol and Drug Counseling. Listen as the share their unique perspective on the effectiveness of a program like this is in a prison setting.

[@svetlanabaidak526]

It’s an awesome program. Why not offer it in any other facility? Snake River has the largest amount of drug addiction prisoners

[@suemarshall363]

I think that's the point of putting this video together - to show that it is an awesome program, that it is working and has value, that it's worth the time and money, and to encourage other institutions to try it.

[@svetlanabaidak526]

@@suemarshall363 normally I would agree with you. Except for I know one of the men in the video who is no longer at that facility. And has asked to have such program at another one due to seeing how many men need and want the help. However was told it is “never happening”.
Eastern Oregon facilities have almost no programs compared to OSP that have so many that benefit the prisoners now and after reentry. This fact has been known to Oregon DOC for years. Yet nothing changes.