MISSION: Helping individuals incarcerated in the Denver Sheriff Department build a foundation of recovery through substance abuse treatment, trauma education, care management, and evidence based peer support groups.
VISION: This program recognizes the struggles faced by our participants often leads to increased criminal activity and by addressing these issues our hope is to improve overall community safety.
Creativity, Contemplation, & Change
Here are some poems and drawings from the participants in the RISE Program.
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Empowerment has received consent to showcase these images, all rights reserved.
The DoorMorning Noon & Night
Our lives at the Door We get fed through the Door We get meds through the Door we get yelled at through the Door On a good day, We get the remote through the Door OMG, you should see the size of key for the Door There's men on board! You must be dressed to go to the Door Don't you dare stand at the Door Don't talk through the Door Any chance they could clean the Door When the day finally comes We leave through the Door... - written by the women in RISE |