CIU Prison Initiative Credited for Suicide Prevention
CIU Prison Initiative students at commencement exercises inside Kirkland Correctional Institution.
The week of Sept. 8 is Suicide Prevention Week and a СÖíÊÓƵ program that serves behind the walls of the is credited for preventing suicide among inmates.
The CIU Prison Initiative graduates about a dozen student-inmates each year with an accredited Associate of Arts degree they earn while studying in cohorts at the Kirkland Correctional Institution in Columbia. It’s located just across the Broad River from CIU’s main campus. The graduates become chaplain’s assistants in the South Carolina prison system.
Some of the Prison Initiative alumni are trained as mental health companions and look after other inmates who are on suicide watch. Their work is having a very positive impact. That caught the attention of WIS-TV in Columbia. See Carolina Hecker’s report,
A total of 157 CIU Prison Initiative alumni serve in over 20 institutions around the state.
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