by Contributor | Oct 2, 2018 | Juvenile Justice, More Stories, Rehabilitation
This is the second installment of a two-part series highlighting recent Integrated Behavioral Treatment Model (IBTM) practices at Ventura Youth Correctional Facility (VYCF). The overarching objective of rehabilitation is to make California safer. By providing the opportunity to develop critical thinking skills and to reinforce better decision making with positive reinforcement during incarceration, the IBTM elevates the rehabilitation of youthful offenders to a higher level of receptivity resulting in intrinsic change.
by OPEC Staff | Sep 11, 2018 | Juvenile Justice, More Stories, Rehabilitation
This is the first installment of a two-part series highlighting recent Integrated Behavioral Treatment Model (IBTM) practices at Ventura Youth Correctional Facility (VYCF). The overarching objective of rehabilitation is to make California safer. By providing the opportunity to develop critical thinking skills and to reinforce better decision making with positive reinforcement during incarceration, the IBTM elevates the rehabilitation of youthful offenders to a higher level of receptivity resulting in intrinsic change.
by OPEC Staff | Aug 7, 2018 | Juvenile Justice, More Stories, Rehabilitation
Youth at NCYCC’s O.H. Close Youth Correctional Facility (OHC) and neighboring N.A. Chaderjian Youth Correctional Facility (NAC) earned participation in a bevy of summer break activities in July by not exhibiting violent behavior. Staff organized recreational events each day of the month. NCYCC Superintendent Linda Bridges said youth showed trepidation in the first few days ― though that atmosphere quickly dissipated.
by Contributor | Aug 7, 2018 | Juvenile Justice, More Stories
By Steve Stone Office of Peace Officer Selection The Division of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) is looking for interested applicants who want to join a team of people who enjoy working with youth to make a difference and improve our communities. The Office of Peace Officer...
by OPEC Staff | Jul 10, 2018 | Juvenile Justice, More Stories, Rehabilitation
Words earnestly escaped Malik Wade as he paced housing units inside O.H. Close Youth Correctional Facility in Stockton. Youth nodded respectfully in Wade’s direction as he stayed illuminated in the harsh light of high windows. With raw emotion, Wade explained his past incarceration and the life principles that guided his path to post-prison success so vividly, you felt like you could paint it. The author, entrepreneur, mentor and nonprofit founder is a regular speaker in county correctional facilities, but his trek to O.H. Close represented his first outreach to youthful offenders serving time with the Division of Juvenile Justice (DJJ).
by Contributor | Jul 3, 2018 | Juvenile Justice, More Stories, Rehabilitation
In May, Ventura Youth Correctional Facility (VYCF) students at Mary B. Perry High School hosted another Project Based Learning (PBL) exhibition, a modern humanitarianism study highlighting the narrative of Frederick Douglass, an African American slave who lived in the 1800s and became a national abolitionist, world-class orator, celebrated intellectual and author.
