BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION PROGRAM

      Behavior Modification Program which is a behavioral change that develops positive outlook in life and virtuous attitude. The therapeutic community program is one of the BuCor’s achievements. It caters to newly committed inmates specially those with drug problems.

      The Therapeutic Community Program or TC Program was adopted as part of the BuCor's holistic approach towards inmate rehabilitation. It is implemented primarily but not limited to drug dependents. By immersing a drug offender in the TC environment, he learns why he had developed his destructive habits, which led him to substance abuse. The program modifies negative behavior and or attitudes while restoring self confidence. This behavioral modification program gradually re-shapes or re-structures the inmate within a family-like environment, wherein every member acts as his brother’s keeper. The TC process allows for genuine introspection, cultivation of self-worth and positive rationalization that move the individual towards assuming a greater sense of personal and moral responsibility.

      The efforts of the BuCor to rehabilitate drug-offenders under its care using the TC approach is in line with its commitment to create a Drug-Free Prison. Worldwide developments in the treatment and rehabilitation of drug offenders using this therapeutic community approach have been noted to be effective in many prisons.

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