Therapeutic Community

Prison based Therapeutic Communities follow the same structure as a Phoenix Futures residential rehabilitation service. Prisoners live separately from the rest of the prison population and receive the same type of treatment, including one to one counselling, group work and peer support, as is available in Phoenix Futures residential rehabs.

The programme includes:

• Structured group work
• Unstructured or peer group work
• Jobs – each member of the TC is given daily jobs and tasks for which they have responsibility
• Gym – every resident is allowed gym time
• Community activities including pool, quizzes and bingo
• Structured days – each day follows a timetable which must be adhered to
• Morning meeting – every day starts with a morning meeting for announcements and information to be communicated

Prisoners can apply to enter a prison based Therapeutic Community through their CARAT worker.

Criteria for entrance to a TC include:

• Must be a category B or under prisoner
• Must have 12 months or more left to serve
• Must be drug or alcohol dependent
• Must not be on opiate based or psychotropic medication
• Must not currently be on a live Self Harm report

Phoenix Futures runs Therapeutic Communities in the following female and male establishments: HMP Channings Wood, HMP Drake Hall, HMP Garth, HMP Holme House and HMP Wymott.

For more information on our Therapeutic Community programmes please email us