- Programs Supervisor Michael Welch
- Somerset County Jail would like thank all of our Volunteers and Agency Collaborations:
- Adult Education MSAD54
- Affordable Care Act Referrals
- Aroostook Mental Health Center (AMHC)- The Farm
- Blue Sky
- BRAP
- Catholic Charities
- Centenary United Methodist Church- Community Clothes Closet
- Children Services
- Crisis and Counseling Center
- Cross Roads
- DHHS
- Kennebec Behavioal Health
- Kennebec Valley Community Action Program (KVCAP)
- Kennebec Valley Community College (KVCC)
- Literacy Volunteer of Franklin and Somerset Counties
- Maine Behavioral Health Organization (MBHO)
- Maine Care Referrals
- Maine General
- Maine General RSVP-Volunteer Program
- Mid Maine Homeless Shelter
- Mile
- Probation and Parole
- Redington Fairview General Hospital
- Salvation Army
- Sexual Assault Crisis and Support Center
- Skowhegan Career Center
- Social Security
- stone
- New Hope Women's Shelter
- St. Francis
- Teen Challenge
- Town Offices- General Assistance
- Trinity Shelter
- Wilkens Consulting Group
- Spiritual Programs:
- Bible Study
- Book Studies Unshamed/Redeemed
- Church Services (multiple denominations)
- Love and Logic
- Mom's-Loving on Purpose
Work Programs
- Outside work crew (lawn care, pig detail, gardening)
- Maintenance (assists maintenance on projects)
- Librarian (laebling,sorting,and organizing book carts for the facility)
- Pod cleaners (clean dayroom, showers, rec. yards and other tasks as assigned by Pod Officer)
- Trained Biohazard cleaners (once trained able to clean up biohazards)
- Kitchen workers (prepares the facility meals under supervision)
- Inmate helpers
This facility offers a 2 for 1 work / trustee program designed to allow qualified inmates to earn 1 day off their sentence for every 2 days worked. To qualify for this program:
- An inmate must be fully sentenced
- Have shown a willingness to be co-operative and willing to work
- Have had a physical from our medical staff
- Must be free of write-ups for misconduct for 10 days
- Be able to pass a drug screen (I.E. Urine Test)
- Those with disabilities will not be excluded
- Any write-ups while on 2 for 1 may result in loss of 2 for 1
Educational Programs
- Basic Computer Skills
- Creative Writing (In conjunction with University Maine at Farmington)
- GED/HiSET
- EDOVO
- Literacy Volunteers
- New Books for New Readers
- Thresholds
- WorkReady!
- Distance Learning through Kennebec Valley Community College
- Somerset County Academy: College/Vocational Training preparation class through SAD 54
- Art/ Drawing Class
- Bureau of Prisons (BOP) Orientation
- Community Nurturing
- Computer Orientation/Open lab
- Fatherhood
- KVCC Courses
- Literacy
- Orientation for new inmates
- Writing Class
Somerset County Jail is part of Skowhegan Adult Education.
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Mental Health & Social Work Programs
- Alcoholics Anonymous
- Co-Occurring Court
- Substance Abuse Recovery Program
- Inmate Outpatient Program
- Mental Health Groups
- Release Planning
- Somerset County Community Corrections Program (Pre-Trial Monitoring, Graduated Sanctions, Title 30 Post-Conviction Releases, and Court Ordered Monitored Bail)
- Alcohol Centered Treatment Services (A.C.T.S)
- Anger, Alcohol and Abuse
- Celebrating Recovery- Males
- Exploring Relationships
- Heathy Hobbies/ Activities-Knitting, Yoga (WABI TV 5 Knitting at SCJ)
- Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP)
- Prime for Life
- Releasing the Past
- Relapse Prevention
- Seeking Safety- Trauma/ PTSD
- Porch painted by particpants from our Alternative Sentencing Program at Good Will Hinckley
Recreational Programs
- Basketball
- Dayroom TV
- Hacky Sack
- Handball
- Inmate Lending Library
- Pod Dogs
- Puzzles and Games
- Knitting
Vocational:- Career Center- Vocational Interests
- Electrical Apprenticeship- Training Opportunity
- Employment Readiness- Appy for Jobs (Part I,II)
- Application ABC's
- Navigating Complex Application Processes
- Interviewing (Part I,II)
- Building Interview skills
- Presenting the professional you
- KVCAP- Employment/Community Resources
- WorkReady
