Pip: Working Behind Bars

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Pip Working Behind Bars (Programmes in
Prisons) by Dianetha Devkurran Tony Lindquist
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Quiz

• What percentage of gamblers serve prison terms
  for gambling related crimes?
• 5, 13, 28
• What percentage of those already incarcerated for
  other reasons have concurrent gambling problems?
• 13, 22, 26
• How many Birthdays does the average person have?
• List 3 types of crimes that are gambling related
• What are the two most common reasons for serious
  fraud offences?
• A farmer has 9 sheep, all but 3 die. How many
  does he have left?
• Name two ways gambling can affect an individual

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QUIZ ANSWERS

• What percentage of gamblers serve prison terms
  for gambling related crimes?
• 5, 13, 28
• 13
• What percentage of those already incarcerated for
  other reasons have concurrent gambling problems?
• 13, 22, 26
• 26

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QUIZ ANSWERS continued

• How many Birthdays does the average person have?
• One Birthday
• List 3 types of crimes that are gambling related
• Theft, forgery, embezzlement, fraud, credit card
  scams, domestic violence, assault, child neglect,
  prostitution, vandalism, loan sharking, money
  laundering, breaking and entering, home invasion,
  cheating and race fixing, counterfeiting

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QUIZ ANSWERS continued

• What are the two most common reasons for serious
  fraud offences?
• 1st greed 2nd fraud
• A farmer has 9 sheep, all but 3 die. How many
  does he have left?
• 3 sheep
• Name two ways gambling can affect an individual
• Stress, depression, suicide, split personality
  disorders, mood swings, decreased sexual arousal

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The Awareness Programme
Focus Information Education Inspiring
motivation
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The Awareness Programme

• 4 Sessions
• 1 week
• 1 1.5 hour per session

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Session 1

• Definition of Gambling
• Gambling Opportunities
• Responsible Gambling

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Session 2

• Identifying which activities are gambling and
  which activities are not?
• Gambling game
• Video When is it not a game?
• The Odds

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Session 3

• DVD Going for Broke
• Based on a true story, set in Reno, Nevada

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Session 4

• Cognitive Distortions around gambling
• Gambling Triggers
• The effects of gambling

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Challenges of Programme

• Unmotivated clients who are bored
• Remand and sentenced clients
• Disruption to prison routine
• Kept waiting, no one turns up
• Disruptive behaviour, boundary issues

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Positive outcomes of Programme

• Captive audience
• Meets criteria of prisons presenting programmes
• Attendance is voluntary

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Positive outcomes of Programme (continued)

• Motivated people
• Insight into crime and gambling
• Individual counselling
• Longer programme/ therapeutic programme

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Where to from here?

• The Therapeutic Programme
• Only those with a gambling problem
• Eight sessions
• Group Norm Building
• Gambling Cycle
• Relapse Prevention Plan

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Pip Working Behind Bars

• Presented by
• Dianetha Devkurran
• Dianetha.devkurran_at_pgfnz.org.nz
• Tony Lindquist
• Tony.lindquist_at_pgfnz.org.nz

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www.pgfnz.org.nz www.problem-gambling.info