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Second Chance Magazine, Feb. 2015 SECOND CHANCE The Story of the Lee College Offender Education Program FEB 2015 New opportunities for offender education Huntsville Center Dean Donna Zuniga says partners are making a difference. Page 2 Second Chance Vol 4—Expanded Edition final.indd 1 2/26/15 11:36 AM Director’s Column Working together, we are making a difference Donna Zuniga, Dean, Lee College Huntsville Center am reminded every day of the international business honor society. Alpha Beta Gam- inherent value of special educational ma is one of the oldest and most prestigious business Iopportunities provided offenders incarcerated honor societies in the world, and recognizes outstand- within the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. ing business students and future leaders in business. The availability of technical and vocational programs for qualified offenders represents a unique “Do you palooza?” was the question answered by more partnership that started in 1966. Now in its 49th year, than 240 offenders at the Ellis Unit last fall. These I am proud to see the role higher education plays in offenders participated in the first LeeLapalooza event contributing to the success of our students and its which promoted awareness of college programs and positive impact on their families at home. opportunities. LeeLapalooza featured several guest This ongoing partnership is based on the dedication and speakers and former students who shared personal experiences support of Mr. Brad Livingston, TDCJ director, as well as during and after their incarceration. individual unit wardens who strive to create a culture of Finally, I would like to recognize the importance of offender rehabilitation for offenders. families and supporters of correctional education who make Under new leadership and oversight of the Rehabilitation and the real difference! Program Division of TDCJ, led by Director Madeline Ortiz, During the new Legislative session, we will stress the need to ex-offenders that completed college courses in prison reim- continue building bridges of access to education for offenders, bursed the state $602,358 in loan payments during 2013-2014. in an effort to “pay it forward,” remembering that an investment Over the past two years, the Huntsville Center has enjoyed in offender education lowers the recidivism rate and helps a 58 percent increase in student enrollment. More students are prepare a stable individual who is able to contribute to society. taking courses because of increased state funding and a new Special funding provided by the state legislature determines Associate of Applied Science (AAS) degree in Business whether offenders are paroled and released with employable Administration and Management that features six areas of work skills and marketable qualifications, or whether they workforce certification. return to the same bad habits which may eventually lead them This past year, more than 400 students earned certificates in back to TDCJ. technical areas; 87 students graduated with associate degrees I invite you to contact your local state representatives and in April. encourage their support of correctional education, as well The Huntsville Center also introduced several new initiatives as contribute to our Second Change Scholarship, so we can to support offender education and student persistence. continue rebuilding lives and foster a new spirit of generational Students may now qualify to join Alpha Beta Gamma, the success! Second Chance President Lee College Board of Regents Vol. 3, No. 1 • Winter 2015 Dr. Dennis Brown Susan Moore-Fontenot, chairman Copyright February 2015 by Lee College Ronald Haddox, vice chairman Editor Pete C. Alfaro, secretary For additional information or copies, contact: Steve Lestarjette Judy Jirrels, assistant secretary Office of Marketing and Public Affairs Dr. Keith Coburn Editorial and Photography PO Box 818, Baytown, TX 77522-0818 Don Coffey Paul Allen Wayne Gray Lee College does not discriminate on the Kim Christensen Mark Hall basis of gender, disability, race, color, age, Steve Lestarjette Mark Himsel religion, national origin or veteran status in its educational programs, activities or employ- ment practices as required by Title IX, Section 504, ADA, or 34 C.F.F. 2 SECONDCHANCE Second Chance Vol 4—Expanded Edition final.indd 2 2/26/15 11:36 AM Contents 2 10 From Skid Row to Director’s Column: Redemption Honor Row Working together, we are By Monica Morris-Oakley making a difference 12 By Donna Zuniga “Commencement is 4 My Favorite Day of the Lessons from the Year” Inside By Larry Douglas 24 A Tale as ‘Old as Tyme’ By Adriana Rizo 26 14 The Prodigal A Matter of Degrees 6 By Mark Fleming College Behind the 18 Razor Wire The Inmate Whisperer Lee College was there in the beginning By Steve Lestarjette and has stayed the course By John Britt 28 Sanctuary of Thought 20 Two Peas in a Pod 8 Seminary Inside 30 the Walls Making the Case in the Texas Legislature 22 SECONDCHANCE 3 Second Chance Vol 4—Expanded Edition final.indd 3 2/26/15 11:36 AM LESSONS FROM THE INSIDE LARRY DOUGLAS 4 SECONDCHANCE Second Chance Vol 4—Expanded Edition final.indd 4 2/26/15 11:36 AM “These men...can make a difference in society, if they will set themselves About the in the right direction.” Gateway Correctional Treatment Program Established in 1968, the Gateway arry Douglas held his head high as he walked toward the Foundation’s Correctional Program L podium. More than 20 years ago he was another eager face provides substance abuse counseling in a graduating class of student offenders, and now he was about services in 21 correctional treatment to deliver a commencement address. For Douglas, the speech programs nationwide. marked the culmination of a personal journey that began Best-known for it’s Therapeutic in 1982 with a 25-year prison sentence. involve crime or drugs,” he said. “More Community (TC) Treatment Model, the “At the time I began my incarceration, I importantly, the program taught me to Foundation seeks to prepare offenders was a very troubled young man, caught believe in myself. I learned that if I to successfully re-enter society with an up in a life of crime, drugs and alcohol,” applied myself, I could change my life.” increased opportunity for healthy, Douglas reflected. “I was plagued by To say Larry changed his life is an pro-social living and a decreased failed relationships and I had a very understatement. likelihood of recidivism. Services narrow perspective on life.” After earning associate degree from offered through the program include: His prison sentence, he says, would Lee College, he transferred to Sam In-Custody Correctional Treatment soon change that. Houston State University where he Services, Jail-Based Services, “The first day I entered the earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Community Re-Entry/Transitioning penitentiary, I was interviewed by the Psychology. Later he attended the Programs, and Outpatient Care. On warden. He suggested I make the most University of Houston-Clear Lake and average, more than 5,500 men and LESSONS of my sentence by getting a college received a master’s degree in Behavioral women participate in the Foundation’s education. Until that moment, the idea Science Psychology. treatment services each day. of going to school had never crossed my In 1992, he joined the Gateway mind. But the more I thought about it, I Foundation as a substance abuse Gateway currently provides FROM figured it would be a good way to pass counselor working at the Texas in- custody treatment services for the the time, so I signed up for Lee College’s Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) Texas Department of Criminal Justice Offender Education Program.” Jester I Substance Abuse Felony at two In-Prison Therapeutic THE INSIDE The Lee College Offender Education Punishment (SAFP) facility in Richmond. Communities (IPTC), three Special Program was established in 1966 in He promoted to assistant director of Needs Substance Abuse Felony LARRY DOUGLAS partnership with the Texas Department programs in 2003, and retired in Punishment Facilities (SAFPF), and one of Criminal Justice, and today provides October 2014. Intermediate Sanction Facility (ISF). more than 700 student offenders with During his 20 years of service with According to Foundation reports, 90 educational coursework leading to an the Foundation, Larry not only provided percent of Texas program participants Associate of Applied Science (AAS) Houston-area inmates with assistance released in 2011 were abstinent from degree. An AAS degree is the first two including substance abuse and career alcohol and illegal substances 60-90 years of a four-year baccalaureate counseling, but also trained other coun- days post release; additionally 95 degree. selors on how to work with percent had not been re-arrested, and For Larry, however, it provided much offenders with addictions and medical six out of every 10 completers had more. needs. His greatest reward, he says, was already gained verifiable employment Soon after enrolling, he says, he found getting to share his story with inmates in the community, during that same himself immersed in reading, writing about to leave prison to begin a new life. time period. and analysis. He sobered up, and in the “So many of these men have great process, discovered a passion for potential. They can make a difference if counseling. they will set themselves in the right “Lee College showed me there was a direction,” he said. “If I can shake the past, bigger world out there, one that didn’t they can, too.” SECONDCHANCE 5 Second Chance Vol 4—Expanded Edition final.indd 5 2/26/15 11:36 AM COLLEGE BEHIND THE RAZOR WIRE LEE COLLEGE WAS THERE IN THE BEGINNING AND HAS STAYED THE COURSE By John Britt t was the summer of 1966 when the warden. once, sometimes twice, a week to the I Lee College Dean Walter Rundell To say the least, the beginning was Huntsville area prisons: Ferguson, the called me into his office to discuss a not particularly auspicious.
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