The PCI facility mission is to protect the public by providing a safe, humane, and secure environment that promotes positive offender development. The TC approach views AOD abuse as a reflection of chronic deficits in social, vocational, familial, economic, and personality development. The aim of the Therapeutic Community is to promote prosocial behavior, attitudes, and values as a method to attain abstinence from alcohol and other drugs and eliminate antisocial behaviors.
Group is conducted for eight weeks and offered at least three times per year.
Each session consists of 10-12 participants and is held meets once per week for two hours. The program is divided into several different topics throughout the eight weeks. The first three weeks are spent covering personality types including strengths and weaknesses as well as perception of self through the eyes of others. These first three weeks set the foundation for the remainder of topics discussed. At the end of the group, each participant completes an evaluation of the overall program.