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Mental Health & Addictions Service
Programmes
Therapeutic Communities – Drug Treatment Units
- Programme Areas
Addictions - drug & alcohol
- Programme Type
Residential alcohol & other drug treatment
- Regions
Dunedin - South Otago
- Age Groups
Adult / Pakeke, Older adult / Kaumātua
- Referral Types
Corrections
Description
CareNZ has worked alongside the Department of Corrections in facilitating Drug Treatment Units (DTUs) across New Zealand since 1997, when the first DTU in Arohata Women’s Prison was opened.
Alcohol or other drug use and offending are often connected. More than 50% of crime is committed by people under the influence of drugs or alcohol, and two thirds of New Zealand prisoners have substance abuse issues.
We are currently operating a Drug Treatment Unit in Otago Corrections Facility.
Drug treatment units (DTUs) are separate units, away from the mainstream prison. Operating as a therapeutic community, the DTUs provide a safe and supportive environment within the prison, in which prisoners can address underlying issues with alcohol or other drugs and develop skills for successful change. The programme is supported by the use of mentors, who themselves are graduates of the DTU programme.
Through structured group work, social skills training and therapy groups the programme addresses factors that influence participants’ alcohol and drug use and therefore contributes to reducing offending behaviour.
Contact Details
138 The Terrace, Wellington
Wellington
9:00 AM to 5:00 PM.
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Phone
0800 385 151
Email
Website
521 Great South Road, Manukau, Auckland
South Auckland
9:00 AM to 5:00 PM.
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Phone
0800 682 468
Email
Website
298 Tristram Street, Hamilton Central, Hamilton
Waikato
9:00 AM to 5:00 PM.
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Phone
0800 499 469
Email
Website
40-44 Bloomfield Terrace, Hutt Central, Lower Hutt
Hutt
9:00 AM to 5:00 PM.
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Phone
(04) 589 9691
Website
Coastlands Shoppingtown, State Highway 1, Paraparaumu
Wellington
9:00 AM to 5:00 PM.
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Phone
(04) 298 2805
Website
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This page was last updated at 12:41PM on February 22, 2024. This information is reviewed and edited by CareNZ Manaaki Aotearoa.