NYC Adolescent Behavioral Learning Experience (i.e. ABLE) Project for Incarcerated Youth
Aligned SDGs
- NYC Adolescent Behavioral Learning Experience (i.e. ABLE) Project for Incarcerated Youth
- General overview
- Location
- Involved organisations
- Outcome metrics
- Results
- Other resources
- Spreadsheet of data
- NYC Adolescent Behavioral Learning Experience (i.e. ABLE) Project for Incarcerated Youth
- General overview
- Location
- Involved organisations
- Outcome metrics
- Results
- Other resources
- Spreadsheet of data
General overview
Stage of development: Complete
Policy sector: Criminal justice
Start date of service provision: Aug 2012
Capital raised (minimum): USD 7.20m
Service users: 1k+ individuals
Intervention
The ABLE program aims to break the cycle of re-incarceration for adolescents in jail using Moral Reconation Therapy (i.e. MRT), an evidence-based intervention that focuses on improving decision-making. MRT is a form of cognitive behavioral therapy in which participants progress through a series of steps with the help of a trained facilitator, graduating from one stage to the next by delivering testimonies or presentations about themselves. The goal of the intervention is to decrease the participant's likelihood of future criminal behavior and reincarceration.
Target population
Youth between ages of 16 and 18 attending school while being detained at Rikers Island jail.
Location
Country
- United States
Service delivery locations
- Rikers Island, The Bronx, New York City
Involved organisations
Commissioners/outcome payers
Service Providers
Investors
Intermediary organisations
Outcome metrics
- Decline in juvenile recidivism - minimum fee. Reduction in re-incarceration rate of juvenile detainees reduced by >=8.5% relative to historical control group. Total days spent in jail by adolescents following arrest on a new charge in the 12- and 24-month periods following initial release.
- Decline in juvenile recidivism - breakeven. Reduction in re-incarceration rate of juvenile detainees reduced by >=10% compared to historical control group. Total days spent in jail by adolescents following arrest on a new charge in the 12- and 24-month periods following initial release.
- Decline in juvenile recidivism - third echelon. Reduction in re-incarceration rate of juvenile detainees reduced by >=11% compared to historical control group. Total days spent in jail by adolescents following arrest on a new charge in the 12- and 24-month periods following initial release.
- Decline in juvenile recidivism - fourth echelon. Reduction in re-incarceration rate of juvenile detainees reduced by >=12% compared to historical control group. Total days spent in jail by adolescents following arrest on a new charge in the 12- and 24-month periods following initial release.
- Decline in juvenile recidivism - fifth echelon. Reduction in re-incarceration rate of juvenile detainees reduced by >=12.5% compared to historical control group. Total days spent in jail by adolescents following arrest on a new charge in the 12- and 24-month periods following initial release.
- Decline in juvenile recidivism - sixth echelon. Reduction in re-incarceration rate of juvenile detainees reduced by >=13% compared to historical control group. Total days spent in jail by adolescents following arrest on a new charge in the 12- and 24-month periods following initial release.
- Decline in juvenile recidivism - seventh echelon. Reduction in re-incarceration rate of juvenile detainees reduced by >=16% compared to historical control group. Total days spent in jail by adolescents following arrest on a new charge in the 12- and 24-month periods following initial release.
- Decline in juvenile recidivism - eight echelon. Reduction in re-incarceration rate of juvenile detainees reduced by >=20% compared to historical control group. Total days spent in jail by adolescents following arrest on a new charge in the 12- and 24-month periods following initial release.
Spreadsheet of data
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