The SCI Program is an intensive program Os addiction counseling and education based on the Gaudenzia Therapeutic community model of self-responsibility and personal change. This program is combined with educational, vocational, recreational, psychological, and pastoral services provided by SCI professional staff. Inmates are being transferred to SCI Chester from within the PA Corrections system. All participants have a history of substance abuse and have 15-30 months remaining on their minimum sentence. Research has shown that there is a reciprocal relationship between addiction and crime.
Addicts commit crimes and criminals are addicted.
With treatment, when addicts get sober and clean, they do not commit crimes. This program provides an opportunity to apply these research findings in a very cost-effective manner.