FOR: Jail or prison personnel, administrators, probation officers, jail volunteers, clergy or AA leaders.
Jails and prisons have been described as the United State’s “largest mental health institutions.” C3 De-escalation® skills build on corrections staff’s existing training and experiences. This includes:
- Spotting aggressive situations before they erupt into fights
- De-escalating inmates with mental health conditions
- Transporting prisoners with mental health conditions
- Calming prisoners experiencing personal or mental health crises
Benefits include:
- Minimizing risk to inmates and staff
- Less stress to staff and inmates
- Improving the rate of recidivism through improved life skills
- Increasing efficiency
- Creating an environment conducive to reform
C3 De-escalation® for Corrections Personnel is taught by Craig Matzke, who was Jail Training Coordinator for the Iowa Law Enforcement Academy.