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By CONNIE CONNOLLY

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EASTON — For many Mid-Shore Catholics, having a front-row seat to a centennial tour of the statue of Our Lady of Fatima was a once-in-a-lifetime privilege.

“I was choked up,” said Bernie Liswell, one of the Knights of Co-lumbus who carried the statue in the procession at Sts. Peter and Paul Roman Catholic Church, which hosted the statue for almost 24 hours. “Just seeing the reactions of the parishioners in the pews — it was an honor.”

The statue was on display at the church on April 3, beginning with a 10 a.m. processional followed by a service of crowning, exposition and adoration. A round-the-clock vigil until 8 a.m. on Tuesday, April 4, was scheduled to allow the faithful time to spend in prayer before the statue.The International Pilgrim Virgin Statue of Fatima (IPVS) has been on a two-year journey across America, honoring the century an-niversary of the apparitions at Fati-ma. The journey began on March 20, 2016, and will conclude Decem-ber 20, 2017.

According to the Fatima Cen-tennnial U.S. Tour for Peace web-site, “The IPVS is one of two ‘twin’ statues sculpted in 1947 by famous sculptor José Thedim. The image reflects the precise instructions of Sister Lucia,” one of the three Por-tuguese shepherd children who saw the apparitions of Mary, the mother of Jesus, from May to Oc-tober 1917.

Lucia dos Santos, and Jacinta and Francisco Marto, saw the apparitions at a place called the

Catholics host famous religious statue

PHOTO BY CONNIE CONNOLLY

About 150 faithful gathered to welcome the famous 1947 statue of Our Lady of Fatima to Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Easton on April 3.

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DENAE SPIERING

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EASTON — Out of the 73 cur-rent inmates in the Talbot County Department of Cor-rection Detention Center, 87 percent of them have an ad-diction to either drugs and alcohol or both.

This is not an uncommon percentage for the detention center, and as a result cor-rections officials have de-signed and put programs in place to reduce these num-bers and to hopefully reduce recidivism.

“We are partnering with similarly minded organiza-tion in the county to provide to common clientele,” said Doug Devenyns, director of Talbot County Department of Corrections.

“Human beings are com-plex animals; one size doesn’t fit all and cookie cutters suck.” Devenyns said. “Their treatment and support they get should be tailored to them.”

Many of the programs the detention center offers not only focus on addiction treatment but also on cogni-

tive behavioral therapy, cop-ing mechanisms and even repairing damaged relation-ship with loved ones.

Devenyns said that many jails have become social ser-vice organizations and he and his staff embrace that.

“When I interviewed for this position,” Devenyns said, “I told them, ‘If you want a director of human warehousing, I am not your person. But if you want a di-rector of corrections, hire me.’”

He believes his purpose as director is to address the in-

mates’ issues while they are incarcerated, and to return them to the community free of drugs and crime.

“We have actually enjoyed some successes,” Devenyns said.

As part of the intake pro-cess, each new inmate un-dergoes a urinalysis, a pro-cess the detention center has been conducting since June 2015. This process af-fords the detention center a clear view of what the in-mate may need in reference to a drug addiction program and or detoxification.

“For all intensive purpos-es, we have become a detox facility,” Devenyns said. “We may not have intended to be a mental health facility or a detox facility, we just are.”

Upon intake, the inmates are also informed of the various programs the de-tention center offers. Those programs are GED, STAR (Substance treatment and recovery), “Winning Par-ents,” library, anger man-agement, home detention,

Center focuses on results not warehousing

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Policy statement issued on immigrationBy JOSH BOLLINGER

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EASTON — The Town of Easton has developed a policy statement in response to growing fears in the town’s immigrant community.

The purpose of the statement is not to argue with federal immigra-tion laws, however, but “really is to make clear what Easton’s policy is,” John Ford Easton Town Council president said.

The page-long statement starts with saying,” Easton believes a more diverse community is a stron-ger, more vibrant community, and is committed to treating all of its residents, including those who iden-tify as immigrants, in a fair and just manner.”

“Through its commitment to so-cial justice and inclusion, one of Easton’s most important objectives is to enhance relationships with all residents, including immigrants, and to make all residents, workers and visitors feel safe and secure re-

gardless of immigration status,” the statement reads.

“Toward that end, the Town of

Easton supports organizations like the Chesapeake Multicultural Re-source Center, whose mission is

to strengthen immigrant families and to use all available resources to more fully integrate our immigrant residents into our community.”

The statement goes on to say that it is not the function of the Easton Police Department to enforce fed-eral immigration laws, but rather focus on the safety and security of all the town’s residents, regardless of immigration status. That is a long-standing policy of Easton police, who do not check someone’s citi-zenship status when they interact with them or if they’re witnesses to a crime.

“Easton Police Officers will con-tinue to work in good faith with its federal law enforcement partners to apprehend criminals, especially those that commit serious or violent crimes, regardless of their immigra-tion status,” the statement reads.

“The Easton Police Department remains committed to upholding

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Easton Town Council members are among the town oficials who have signed off on a letter that oficially lays out Easton’s immigration policy. The town council worked on the statement in cooperation with the Easton Police Department, mayor and Chesapeake Multicultural Resource Center.

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work release, re-entry mediation, Women’s Issues Program, alco-holic and narcotics anonymous, church, veterans re-entry ser-vices, knitting classes, “Moving On” women’s program, IEP, chap-lain (religious counseling), MRT (Moral Reconation Therapy), MAT (Medication Assisted Treat-ment), community service, and “Getting Ahead While Getting Out.”

Devenyns said most inmates need around three months of incar-ceration before they reach a point of wanting help and recovery.

“Thats when they knock on Till-man’s door.” Devenyns said.

Devenyns is referring to Leone Tillman Jr., chief support services at the detention center.

“At that point, we decide which programs are appropriate for them,” Tillman said. “They might want to do the GED program, but they might have a drug addiction.”

Tillman said at that point they need to address the bigger issues first, and he will recommend the inmate try the STAR program first.

“But they have to want them,” Tillman said.

Devenyns said humans are com-plexed individuals with a unique set of issues and problems and be-cause of that there is no one spe-cific program that is the “magic bullet.”

“One person might have a won-derful education and chose not to capitalize on it, there are oth-ers that may not be able to read,” Devenyns said. “But what we have here is variety of different services — we can literally pick and choose and find the right program or set of programs to help each individ-ual.”

One of the programs the deten-tion center offers is Women’s Is-sues Program. Currently they have 12 female inmates, and even though that is a small percentage of the detention center’s popula-tion, Devynns said their issues are far more complex.

“Women tend to be more compli-cated than men,” Devenyns said. “Virtually in all cases there is al-ways unresolved trauma.”

Devenyns said that, generally, women only make up 10 percent of any given jail population, but their issues are substantially greater. He said it is those issues that may have led them to an addiction and then to criminal behavior.

Another program that has been beneficial to the female incarcer-ated population is the knitting pro-gram. Devenyns said the knitting program is taught by a 70-year-old retired school teacher and nurse.

“They are learning a skill that re-quires concentration,” Devenyns said. “It’s quite beneficial — it re-quires them to focus, to pay atten-tion.”

He said the knitting program has helped the female inmates to work better together and to get along with one another more. An-other aspect of the program is the inmates are able to make things for their families, particularly their children.

One of the necessary programs they offer is re-entry mediation. This program in an important as-pect in the inmate’s life, recovery

and long term goals.“Our re-entry mediation deals

with family members,” Devenyns said. “Reconnecting with fam-ily members, reconnecting those burned bridges and trying to mend those relationships before they leave.”

“Often times with addicts the first person they victimize is their own family,” Devenyns said. “They will steal from them, sell their things in order to get money to get drugs, and so on and so forth.

Devenyns said that this is where the re-entry mediation steps in and helps inmates have a safe and decent place to go when they get out. He said by definition virtually every single inmates is homeless when they leave the detention cen-ter.

“They have no lease, no place, no bed,” Devenyns said. “They leave with nothing — they either go live with a friend or a family member or some other subsidized housing situation.”

He said often times, because they have criminal history, they are not eligible for that subsidized housing.

“They have a tough row to hoe when they get out of here,” Deve-nyns said.

Another beneficial program is Medication Assisted Treat-ment, MAT. This program works side by side with the Substance Treatment and Recovery pro-gram (STAR). While under the MAT program inmates receive medication known as Naltrexone. Naltrexone is the pill form of Vi-vitrol and is essentially more cost effective. Devenyns said with Vi-vitrol inmates receive one shot every 30 days that cost anywhere from $1,200 to $1,600, where a 30-day supply of Naltrexone is only $27.90.

He said most inmates suffer from poly-substance abuse prob-lem, and Naltrexone helps with all of them, and helps to control the cravings associated with their

drug addiction. Devenyns said inmates express that Naltrexone helps them to focus better on their counseling.

“We can start them on it six months prior to release and they can see the benefits of it,” Deve-nyns said.

“Getting Ahead While Getting Out” is a program specifically focused on the challenges of re-entry to the community. The de-tention center partners with the Department of Social Services to help inmates adjust.

“One of the biggest challenges when a person goes to leave and return to the community is clearly on-going treatment,” Devenyns said. “Housing, employment, transportation and treatment — the four big ones.”

“Lack of those basic needs can create a quick turn around back to here,” Tillman said, “if those needs are not available.”

Devenyns said they work to pre-pare inmates for release by mak-ing sure they are connected to social services, health insurance, possibly employment and hous-ing.

“Before they get out we have ap-pointments made for them,” Deve-nyns said. “We try to prep them as best we can, so that the day they leave here they should be able to step out to a community based provider, be able to pay and step right into treatment.”

Devenyns said that is where the detention center and the inmates hit a stumbling block. He said there is definite lag in aligning those services and often times it can take up to 30 days for a released inmate to receive coun-seling or other services once re-leased.

“The idea would be to do a hot-hand-off. You’re coming out of jail, you’ve been in treatment, you have been doing these pro-grams, you’ve been in therapy, and through other programs here, now were going to hand you off to

a community based provider,” De-venyns said. “This is where we are fumbling.”

The detention center recently received a grant that Devenyns hopes help to close that gap.

The Transitional Case Man-agement Grant from the state of Maryland will begin on July 1. The detention center was able to obtain this grant with help and guidance from the Talbot County Health Department. The grant is going to provide funds for in-house addiction counseling ser-vices and a part-time transitional case manager.

Devenyns said the transitional case manager will help inmates make connections to services, ap-pointments, counseling, housing and other basic needs.

“This might sound silly to ev-eryday citizens, but when a per-son has been living the life of an addict — it’s a kind of a confused life,” Devenyns said. “They avoid a lot of responsibility — they don’t do things that other adults nor-mally do — so they don’t make ap-pointments, they don’t know how to keep appointments, they don’t know how to get from here to there, or work their way through a problem.”

“They get out of here they get stressed, they relapse and then they use,” said Tillman.

Devenyns said the ultimate goal is to create a smooth, supportive transition back to the commu-nity so that when the newly re-leased individuals get triggered or stressed they not only have the tools, but they will have somebody they can call that can help them work through it.

“If we want to address the crime that goes with drug abuse, this is the population we need to focus on,” Devenyns said. “Otherwise, these people are going to contin-ue to commit breaking and entry, robberies and anything else they can do to get money to get drugs.”

“We have seen over the years, af-

ter we have talked with them and worked with them through these programs this not how they want to be,” Tillman said. “They truly don’t want to live that way.”

“This grant is a critical piece of the puzzle,” Devenyns said. “The county’s obligation to that inmate ceases at that front door, and now they are literally on their own we can no longer have them in cus-tody therefore we have no obliga-tion to provide services.”

Devenyns believes the merry-go-round of inmates returning to the detention center has slowed down, but admits they do have some frequent flyers.

“You cant help but feel a sense of disappointment when they re-turn,” Devenyns said. “Because of the time that our staff has in-vested, the resources — these are valuable resources, high quality programs.”

He said they have embraced the fact that they are now a social services-type organization, and he is convinced that these programs work.

“We are a significant part of the criminal justice system,” Deve-nyns said. “We have a role to play beyond warehousing.”

He said that citizens should de-mand the detention centers do something.

“The sheriff can do it, because his staff is out trying to prevent crime there is no other organiza-tion within the criminal justice system that is more appropriate than here,” Devenyns said. “We have embraced that role and we take it seriously.”

Devenyns said the detention center could not do this without the counties community based partners, social services, the health department, Mid-Shore Be-havioral Health, Mid-Shore Medi-ation and their volunteers. He said partnering with similarly minded organizations in the county that tend to provide to the same clien-tele is beneficial to all parties.

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the laws it is empowered to enforce and to uphold the constitutions of the United States of America and the State of Maryland while recognizing it is not an authorized agent of the U.S. Immigration and Cus-toms Enforcement Agency (ICE).”

It goes on to say, however, that the Town of Easton will continue to honor all duties

imposed by a court order or any valid federal or appli-cable law.

“But in the absence of such a court order or law, Easton will not use its funds, resources, facilities, proper-ty, equipment, or personnel to assist in the enforcement of federal civil immigration law or to gather information regarding the citizenship or immigration status of any person,” the statement reads.

“Easton recognizes that it is a part of a country born of immigrants and will con-

tinue to support efforts that assist our immigrant popu-lation in becoming fully-vested citizens of our com-munity.”

The statement is sort of a reaction to a reaction, Mat-thew Peters, Chesapeake Multicultural Resource Center executive director said.

In January, President Donald Trump signed an executive order on immi-gration that sparked a fear among immigrant popula-tions nationwide that undoc-umented immigrants would

be torn from their families, like their children who were born in the United States and are here legally.

Locally, Peters said that fear has started to manifest itself in “physical and eco-nomical hardships” for im-migrant families in Easton.

“We’ve done this because we’ve seen first hand fami-lies and individuals shy away from their normal daily habits,” Peters said. “It’s a reaction to the fear that we’re hearing from all of these families.”

Some immigrants might

not send their child to school. Some might not call the Easton police about a legitimate crime committed on them out of fear of be-ing deported, or take them-selves to the hospital for a broken bone.

“Our reaction is we need people to stay healthy, we need people to stay econom-ically active and continue to be part of this community, regardless of immigration status,” Peters said.

The point of the policy is to draw focus to Easton tak-ing care of the needs and

issues of its community, Peters said — to focus on local needs, but with an understanding of the coun-try’s immigration difficul-ties and the current debate surrounding it. But immi-gration status, Peters said, is between an immigration judge and a particular in-dividual, something the Chesapeake Multicultural Resource Center could help with, if that time ever does come for someone and they need help.

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