North Carolina Division of Prisons
Program Services
Last Updated April 15, 2009
Prison Program Description: Think Smart Program
| Purpose | The Think Smart Program is operated by the Division of Prisons as a crime prevention program. Carefully selected and trained minimum custody inmates speak in schools, to civic groups and to other public gatherings relating the personal experiences that led to their confinement. |
| Criteria for Participation | Minimum custody inmates volunteer to participate in the program and are selected
by Division of Prisons staff. Adult inmates may not be brought to a juvenile detention center to speak or provide a Think Smart presentation. Court ordered probationer tours for juvenile offenders (accused or adjudicated in the juvenile justice system) may not take place at any prison in our state. |
| Program Operation | Persons in North Carolina wanting to schedule a Think Smart presentation may
contact the local minimum security prison's Think Smart coordinator or the
Division of Prisons Office of Citizen Participation. Local law enforcement crime
prevention officers or Division of Prisons staff accompany inmates to the
presentation. The phone number for the Division of Prisons Office of Citizen Participation is (919) 838-3613. |