Wellbriety for Prisons

Overview of the training approaches

The Medicine Wheel and the 12 Steps for Prisons

and for Re-Entry Centers

The Medicine Wheel and the 12 Steps program is the basic cultural training methodology provided by Wellbriety for Prisons, Inc. This is a presentation of the 12 Steps of AA specially designed to be effective for those of Native American and Alaska Native ancestry. The Medicine Wheel and 12 Steps for prisons and re-entry centers also addresses criminal thinking and cognitive restructure. It is provided as a program for men, and a separate program for women.

Each three-day program is facilitated by the on-site trainer, in conjunction with a DVD video that takes the group through each of the 12 Steps. The on-screen facilitator is Don Coyhis, (Mohican Nation), designer of the Program and Founder of White Bison, Inc., an American Indian non-profit organization well-known as a resource provider in addictions recovery for Native Americans. The proven 12 Step core of Alcoholics Anonymous is presented in a cultural manner that Native American participants can most easily absorb and utilize in their own personal recovery.

For more information on the Medicine Wheel and the 12 Steps for Prisons (Men’s Program and Women’s Program), go to the Wellbriety for Prisons website www.wellbrietyforprisons.org, click on Programs, and download the separate men’s and women’s brochures.

Warrior Down Re-entry Support and Relapse Prevention Program

for Prisons and Re-Entry Centers

Native American recidivism is almost always connected with drug and alcohol use relapses. Native people re-enter their communities from a stay in prison having the advantage of abstention from alcohol and other drugs, as well as the benefit of the treatment and prevention programs provided by the institution (for example, The Medicine Wheel and the 12 Steps). But this position can easily erode into the inability to find safe housing, work and a supportive drug and alcohol free community. Falling into old habits, relapse into alcohol and drug use, and renewed criminal thinking often follows. The Warrior Down Re-entry Program for Prisons and Re-Entry Centers provides a safety net of learning for the newly released individual so that he or she will know how to find the support they need on the outside so that they may re-enter and prosper in their home community.

For more information on the inmate re-entry and relapse prevention training provided to corrections institutions and re-entry centers, go to the Wellbriety for Prisons website www.wellbrietyforprisons.org, click on Programs, and download the following information sheet:

Warrior Down: A Relapse Prevention and Recovery Support Program for Native Americans

Commonality in Both Programs

Both programs share a common curriculum with different emphasis. They can both be utilized within the prison, or for re-entry. The Medicine Wheel and the 12 Steps core curriculum is also part of the re-entry program. For example, the re-entry program begins with a 12 Step circle. Both programs can be utilized as separate components in already existing community therapeutic programs as supplements to the core program.

Contact Us!

Wellbriety for Prisons Inc. looks forward to speaking with individuals representing the training staff of corrections institutions or re-entry centers. We look forward to answering your questions about these two training opportunities for your institution and its Native American inmates or clients.

For more information contact:

Blaine (Woody) Wood, Director / Trainer

Wellbriety For Prisons Inc.

7569 Cypress LN

Nampa, ID 83687

Office: 208-461-9194

Fax: 208-461-4358

email: info@wellbrietyforprisons.org,

website www.wellbrietyforprisons.org