Wernersville CCC Shows Off Progress
March 26, 2019 12:00 AM
Gaudenzia Inc. visited the Wernersville Community Corrections Center to view the enhanced changes that have occurred there. The changes have caused a positive impact on the Wernersville CCC and the reentrants.
Wernersville has experienced zero overdoses since implementing a new entrance and installing a body scanner. The facility has gone from double digit overdoses in 2016 and 2017 to zero in 2018 and zero thus far in 2019. Employment rates have jumped from 32 percent in the beginning of 2018 to 85 percent in 2019 with the additional employment counselor and transportation services being expanded.
Center Directors David Kopinski and Corrie (Anne) Barton took Gaudenzia staff on a tour, and Lt. Somers demonstrated the use of the body scanner.