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A Better Way is a video presentation hosted by the powerful Danny Trejo.

Part 1: Responsibility: Guides inmates to understand they are responsible for where they are.

This 40-minute program focuses on coping with the various powerful emotions that come up in early recovery ( and throughout life)--without drugs or alcohol. It teaches the viewer to anticipate and prepare for " emotional danger zones." Topics include:

* Specific tools for dealing with feelings, such as

--"Sit through them" without using

--Get the feelings out: talk, cry, write, find some physical release

-- Find ways to clam and soothe yourself

* Specific emotional "dangerzones," with examples of how to cope with each:

-- Anger

-- Feelings related to racism and discrimination

-- Shame

-- Feelings related to past abuse

-- Guilt

-- Self-pity

-- Feelings stemming from chronic illness, such as HIV

Overcoming Errors in Thinking Parts I, II, III Research shows that most people who are released from jails and prisons have the most problems in the first year. Those problems are mainly in three areas:

(1) the pressure of not finding or not keeping a job
(2) personal conflicts with family and others
(3) the temptation, or actual use, of alcohol or other drugs

This series looks at the problems we have created for ourselves throughout our lives, and that we face immediately upon release.

Rosetta Oliver gives children with incarcerated parents a voice and provides solutions for both parents and children who struggle with incarceration and community re-entry.

Part 4: Criminogenic Needs Domains:  Association/Social Interaction Non-criminal associates and the opportunity for positive interaction Friendship

Part 7: Criminogenic Needs Domains:  Personal/Emotional Orientation Control of one’s life; it includes decision-making, coping with stress, and mental health Cooperation

Part 8: Criminogenic Needs Domains:  Attitude Living in law-abiding ways Trust