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Parolee Treatment Outcomes: The Impact Of Programs, Practice andPractitionersJo Brocato, California State University at Long Beach (jo.brocato@csulb.edu)Ryan Fisher, California State University at Long Beach (ryan.fisher@csulb.edu)Connie Ireland, California State University at Long Beach (connie.ireland@csulb.edu)Aili Malm, California State University at Long Beach (aili.malm@csulb.edu)In recent years the evidence indicates that the consequences of inadequate treatment forsubstance use disorders among parolees re-entering the community pose significant public safetyand health risks. In response to high rates of recidivism among drug using parolees, Californiaimplemented a statewide in-prison drug treatment and community aftercare program intended toreduce drug use and recidivism. This study examines the effect of the workforce compositionand standards of care on parolee outcomes following program completion. The program leveldata is derived from interviews conducted with program directors and counselors at 90community based programs across the state and the participant-level data used to answer theresearch questions are from the 1,200 parolees who completed baseline surveys. A logisticregression model determined that parolees in programs that included stress management groupswere less likely to successfully complete the program and those that were in programs thatincluded cognitive behavioral criminal thinking groups were also less likely to complete. Howaftercare retention and program completion are influenced by program, practitioner, and the useof evidence based practices, predict completion and recidivism with implications for practice arediscussed.Experiences of Liberty Deprivation by Inmates in a Penitentiary HospitalNatalia Joelsas Timerman, University of Sao Paulo (natimerman@usp.br)This study, a master's level ongoing project in Clinical Psychology at the Institute of Psychologyof University of Sao Paulo, comprises a phenomenological approach towards the differentexperiences of liberty deprivation by inmates in a penitentiary hospital. Semi-structuredinterviews were conducted with previously selected individuals representing different types ofliberty deprivation due to being both imprisoned and ill. Those individuals were: an inmate witha clinical disease that does not offer major current or future risk; an inmate with a terminaldisease; an acutely psychotic inmate; an inmate who had suffered a stroke; an inmate currentlyaddicted to psychoactive substances; and an inmate in what is known as the "safe area" (thehospital wing reserved for those at risk of being threatened by other prisoners because of theirtype of offence or membership in a different criminal gang). These interviews were analyzed in401