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CONCLUSIONS
A total of 851 offenders out of 1,057 eligible took part in this needs assessment, 683 male
offenders entering. the two·:reception-centers and 168 females.: at Ventura School. They
·.were.given the"-Minnesota.Multiphasic'!nventory-and-the .Jesness-Inventory:-:Caseworkers
. (at the Reception Centers)-or ·Youth ·.Counselors {at"'Ventura~School)'also'complered"a
Ward Profile Information sheet.
The following conclusions were made from the this study:
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As indicated by the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory and the
. "caseworkers' assessments, 3% of the male and 6% of the female offenders need
placements in Intensive Treatment Programs. Using these figures and the current
program length of 13 months, a total of 178 ITP beds will be needed for males and'
16 for females in Fiscal Year 1995-96. When Chaderjian School opens, there will be
189 ITP beds for males and none for females. Five more ITP beds will be needed
with 16 of the total reallocated for females.
Based on testing with the MMPI, 10% of males and 4% of females need Specialized
Counseling Programs. Using the projected admissions for Fiscal Year 1995-96 and
a 12 month program length, a total of 547 Specialized Counseling Program beds will
be needed for males and 10 beds for females. The program capacity· will be 143
beds in SCPs for males when Chaderjian School opens and 48 for females 5 . An
additional 404 SCP beds will be needed for males.
Monolingual offenders were not tested during this phase of the Iieeds assessment.
In the second phase of the needs assessment, the Department plans to test these
offenders and determine their programmatic needs of the needs assessment.
Currently, the Youth Authority has two programs at Nelles School for offenders
who are Spanish speaking .. Washington -Cottage ~has an English as a Second
Language program with staff who are bilingual. The Sex Offender Program has a
treatment group for Spanish speaking wards.
5.rrus does not include the bed capacity oi the Nelles Sex Offender Program.
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