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That is not a good place for you to find yourself in the next 2-weeks as fall leads into winter, and here is a short write-up to assist you with your decision, hopefully before you make your decision on your pending homelessness. Depending on where you are, some of these may apply, others maybe not. Being homeless can mean lots so things, but the small are so tiny compared to real safety. In Denver there are so many safe places if you find yourself homeless, the same isn’t true for Boulder, Colorado. If you are ready to work in Boulder you can only go to one place, and that place on the outskirts of Boulder. To give you some context, these suggestions and considerations experience with “DenverDonate” 2029 Larimer Street Denver CO[1] “BoulderBridges”4747 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder CO[2]is where my point of view is coming from.There are some indisputable answers to this. Nearly every shelter has cameras, locked doors, security or individuals on “duty” who know how to use a phone to call for police or an ambulance, and some may even have people with various certifications, such as CPR. For examples, I will mention the facilities I am familiar with and can tell you what really exists vs conjecture.Denver Cares (Denver Health) - This facility is used for several purposes and I call it a drive thru detox facility. It has a drive thru where law enforcement drives through and drops off people in downtown Denver that they picked up or who requested to be brought to a facility for detox. To be honest, when you read or hear the words “Denver Health” or “Denver Cares” it will rarely be in a paragraph or conversation that has any sort of positive message, however, this is probably the safest place on my list, why? This is why:Steady stream of law enforcement in-and-out every day, all day.Steady stream of medical personnel in-and-out every day, all day.Has internal security and doors with card locks. Why cards and not keys? Cards are tied to people keys aren’t. If I was an intern and you gave me a key, how sure are you that I didn’t run down the block, or ask a friend, to duplicate your key? There is no way for you to know—none. Just Google what I just said and see for yourself how easy it is. The “security card” logs any person who accessed any door with dates and times.Cameras - This needs no real explanation, this facility has cameras that cover every corner, both internal and external. Denver has been increasing the amount of security technology over the past for years.A recent poll showed that only 40% of Americans supported more cameras in the name of public safety - and only 12% wanted fewer cameras.And yet, more cameras are coming. Police officers in Denver, Phoenix, Chicago and other cities are relying more on surveillance video to help fight crime.For Ioannis the technology is inevitable. But it is also neutral."It's the interpretation that makes the difference," he says. "If democratic institutions work well and it is used judiciously, it can make us safer."Has “quiet rooms” for isolating guests that don’t want to cooperate or can’t because they are (taking a page from AA’s Big Book here) under the influence of a mind-altering substance.Has on-site 12-step meetings as well as Lifering meetings.There are no windows. Not joking, if you are in Denver Health TRT program here for substance abuse and/or homelessness, or simply passing through detox over the weekend, if a zombie apocalypse occurs, they won’t be getting in this facility. I say that half jokingly, but look under the next facility Catholic Charities Samaritan House, and you will see what I am referring to. (And I like zombie movies). The route from the Denver Cares drive thru to the actual detox room has 3 doors, two require cards and one goes directly through security personnel, so you can be rest assured that someone trying to get in isn’t going to find it as easy as Tom Cruise has it in the Mission Impossible movies.Probability of getting assistance - The staff in this small facility has resources available to anyone that would like a referral or just options. It is counter-intuitive for them to take someone in, regardless of why, and kick them out into the freezing weather and not offer them guidance on where to go for help when discharged.Meals - There is a cafeteria that serves meals for residents an guests. The cafeteria is also where the “recovery meetings” are held.Medical support - If you know anything about withdrawal, then you know that the probability of dying is high, that a binge drinker (Yes, if you binge on beer it is no different that binging on hard alcohol, it’s not necessarily the strength of the alcohol, it can also occur when your body makes a sudden change)The beds might look like they are just little uncomfortable mats close to the ground, but they’re not. The reason they are the way they are is so that if someone has a seizure they only fall a few inches to the floor, vs a few feet from the floor. The impact if your head hits the floor can easily mean damage or death.Those things I listed apply to many facilities, some have a few, some have more.Below is a summary of a few more places that can provide some help for you, no matter what reason played a part in bringing you to the point of homelessness.Denver Shelters for the HomelessDenver Rescue MissionLottery system or referral to be admitted to this facility on either a floor-mat or a bed. Long-term stays also require a current TB test. This facility has cameras, meals. In order to eat, you must attend their “religious service beforehand. This facility also has a “Farm” program for individuals who want a program to help them get past substance abuse and/or homelessness. This facility is for both men as well as women. To my knowledge families aren’t admitted.Samaritan House (Catholic Charities)This facility is for men, women, families, has cameras, offers meals, has an employment center on the 2nd floor, offers residents a clothing closet, has a VA program to assist Veterans, opens a female overflow that does not require referrals during the winter months leading into spring.Lottery system or referral to be admitted to this facilitySalvation ArmyThis facility is for men, has cameras, offers meals and close by is the “Volunteers of America” facility that serves breakfast each morning note: the entrance is in the alley, offers a “bed” rental that can be paid weekly or monthly, opens a male overflow that does not require referrals during the winter months leading into spring. The Salvation Army also offers a “Farm” rehab program for those seeking long-term help.Step 13This facility is a “peer recovery” residential program that is in-patient only. This facility does not offer meals, this facility offers day labor work that they call “step-jobs”, this facility is NOT free, offers an employment assistance program on the 2nd floor with Goodwill, this facility has a clothing closet, this facility has cameras, this facility does not employ security personnel, this program’s recently opened “garage” offers residents a chance to work on vehicles that have been donated.There is no lottery or referral system to be admitted to this facility. Weekdays, interested males can call and answer interview questions, with a same-day notification, before being admitted. This facility offers counseling, services, and mandatory substance abuse recovery meetings for all residents.So, as you can see, if you were homeless and living in your car, you don’t have access to these things. This is a light-summary, but it is easy to see that if you were in need of help getting off the streets and get past your homelessness, there is zero benefit by you laying in your car homeless compared to what shelters can offer.JohnFootnotes[1] Denver Donate | rehab and charity reviews, meetings, and more[2] http://bridgeurl.com/ready-to-work-boulder

In garrison, peace-time, where there is little sense of urgency, if a Commander runs out of “local” leadership options such as “a stiff talking to,” verbal or written reprimands, or administrative discipline such as Non-Judicial Punishment, Captain’s Mast, Article 15 (all the same thing, in different services, a method for a Commanding Officer to use Article 15 of the UCMJ to provide correction and guidance in a formal manner), then here are some of the options:Transfer or request the transfer of the individual to another command that can better handle them.Initiate court-martial proceedings, especially Special or General Courts-Martial where the accused can be placed into pre-trial confinement if they are out of control or a danger to others.Initiate administrative separation proceedings (and these can sometimes be accomplished in a couple of days if everything lines up), and “fire” the individual. They can get Honorable down to Other than Honorable discharges from this, based on the total nature and character of their conduct in service.Run them through a command-directed psych eval, and possibly hospitalization, and if those determine the individual has a real problem that is going to be resistant to therapy and counseling, then the CO may either push through a medical board or administrative separation (based on the nature of the problem, as some “mental disorders” are often classified as “personality disorders” by the Services and may be processed as admin discharges rather than medical boards).If their problems are identified as substance abuse or dependency, the CO may order them into Level III substance abuse rehabilitation (in-residence treatment), to try to “kick their problems.” If that fails, there are always courts-martial, admin separations, and medical boards to fall back on.Some of these may be done simultaneously, and proceed on their own “trajectory” until one or another is completed, or the CO pauses one or more of them to allow another to take precedence. For example, legal processing takes precedence over medical processing, but a CO may allow both to proceed at least temporarily so that he can get a better feel for the “best” option…meaning the best option for the CO and the unit and the Service…and not necessarily the best option for the trouble-maker.In the “heat of combat,” when lives are at risk for failure to act, or if a subordinate jeopardizes the mission or the lives of those around them (whether in the same unit, civilians, prisoners, POWs, etc.), then the choices are narrowed, and must be handled much quicker, with less time for “due process” and “reflection.”If a quick verbal counseling and/or reprimand session doesn’t result in immediate improvement, then the CO may order the individual forcibly removed from their area of operations, usually back to a rear area or friendly area, where another Commander will have to take actions, but without the immediate threat to mission failure.A CO may order an individual “apprehended” (same thing as “arrest” in the civilian world), and placed into restraints (whatever is necessary or field expedient, and yet safe enough to maintain control) and/or confinement, until they are transferred away from the combat zone, or the CO decides to handle it in-house with a quick NJP, or a Summary Court-Martial (can be handled much quicker than other Courts-Martial).In this day and age, offenders or inveterate trouble makers are usually swiftly whisked out of any combat or forward deployed area of operations, because the swiftness of modern communications and transportation options usually support this course of action as preferable to keeping a trouble maker in the area of operations, as a risk to mission success and drawing resources away from the primary missions.Other, higher level and adjacent/rear area commanders can assume the necessary jurisdictions to handle the issues in a garrison environment, where much more legal, medical, and administrative resources are available to process the individual.This also has the salutary effect of bringing to bear higher level scrutiny, with more experience dealing with troublemakers, and also the ability to convene General Courts-Martial that can hammer someone like a 16 inch gun if needed. Plus, General Officers/Flag Officers have the ability to run an individual through administrative separations in a manner of hours if needed…wham, bam, thank you, Sam, out the door you go.My Marine Reserve unit once did this when a Marine reservist with one of our units committed a series of robberies and was arrested by civilian authorities. Since he wasn’t in a duty status, we had no UCMJ jurisdiction over him for his crimes, but he was drawing bad publicity, and he was clearly a bad actor who had failed his fellow Marines and his Corps, and lacked honor, courage, and commitment.So, our Commanding General ordered the local reserve commander to go visit him in jail, with all the necessary paperwork for him to waive his rights to a board and other due process, to be administratively and expeditiously discharged without further ado.The Marine was visited in his jail cell, with multiple witnesses from his chain of command and his civilian attorney, they explained why they were there, telling him he had failed as a Marine, and asked him if he would voluntarily sign the papers to be discharged from the USMCR immediately. If he refused, then they would simply note that, and the process would play out in the normal manner (which would take about 30–45 days, allowing for due process and potential appeals), but most likely result in the same end state…receiving an Other than Honorable administrative separation.He signed the documents, we had the General standing by to sign the electronic separation documents, and within about 4 hours he was separated completely from the USMC, and the next press release stated he was now an “ex-Marine,” since only those honorably discharged are granted the privilege of being a “former Marine….” The local unit commander drove back over to the jail, delivered the separation documents personally to the ex-Marine, and off they went on their separate paths…one deeper into the State criminal court system, and the other back to leading Marines and preparing for war.

OFFENDER REHABILITATIONReduced Recidivism:Rainforth M, Alexander CN, Cavanaugh KL. Effects of the Transcendental Meditation program on recidivism of former inmates of Folsom Prison: survival analysis of 15-year follow-up data. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation 2003 35:181-204TM parolees had lower re-conviction rates (46.7%) compared to controls (66.7%), a highly significant (p=0.0008) 43.5% reductionAlexander CN, Rainforth MV, Frank PR, Grant JD, Von Stade C. Walpole study of the Transcendental Meditation program in maximum security prisoners III: reduced recidivism. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation 2003 36(1-4):161-180Inmates who practiced the TM Technique experienced a reduction in recidivism of 33%, which was statistically significant (p = .042). Separate comparisons showed that the TM group also had lower re-incarceration rates than each of the four other programs, with proportionate reductions in recidivism ranging from 29% to 42% (p = .007 to .073). In addition, the TM group compared to all non-meditating subjects had a lower rate of re-incarceration due to new convictions (47% lower, proportionately; p = .045) and a 27% proportionately lower rate of re-incarceration/warrant for arrest (p = .069). The pattern of reduced recidivism for TM program members was maintained in multiple regression analyses, controlling for background and release variables (e.g., parole vs. full discharge, institution of release, drug history). These findings are consistent with the proposition that the reduced psychopathology and accelerated psychological development resulting from the TM program are responsible for reductions in criminal behavior.Alexander CN, Walton KG, Orme-Johnson DW, Goodman RS, Pallone NJ (eds). Transcendental Meditation in Criminal Rehabilitation and Crime Prevention. Binghamton, New York: Haworth Press, 2003Benefits of The TM Technique experienced in 4 prison systems as well as, wide-ranging benefits of the TM program experienced by probationers that had committed offenses ranging from drunk driving to manslaughter. A comprehensive summary describing risk factors associated with the likelihood of criminal behavior and substance misuse and summarizing research indicating how the TM program successfully addresses many of these factors. A macroscopic view of the role of the TM program in criminal rehabilitation.Anklesaria FK, King MS. The Transcendental Meditation program in the Senegalese penitentiary system. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation 2003 36(1-4):303-318Between 1987 and 1989, more than 11,000 inmates and 900 correctional officers and prison administrators in 31 of the 34 prisons in the West African nation of Senegal were instructed in the Transcendental Meditation1 program. Rule infractions decreased, medical expenses went down 70%, and recidivism dropped from 90% in the pre-meditation period to less than 3% after the program was established.Bleick CR, Abrams AI. The Transcendental Meditation program and criminal recidivism in California. Journal of Criminal Justice 1987 15(3):211-230Practice of TM during incarceration reduces recidivism. TM parolees had lower re-conviction rates (46.7%) compared to statewide paroles at 6 months (p<.004), 1 year, (p<.004), 2 years (p<.002) and 30-40% reduced recidivism compared to controls at 1 year (p=.0007), 3 years(p=.007). and 5 years (p=.02). 59 percent of the mediators who were surveyed in prison and not yet released were still meditating.Dillbeck MC, Abrams AI. The application of the Transcendental Meditation program to corrections. International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice 1987 11(1):111-132Research projects in eight correctional settings are narratively and quantitatively reviewed indicating The TM program leads to positive changes in health, personality development, behavior and reduced recidivism.Hawkins MA. Effectiveness of the Transcendental Meditation program in criminal rehabilitation and substance abuse recovery: a review of the research. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation 2003 36(1-4):47-66Incarcerated Offenders show decreased aggression, decreased hostility, decreased in-prison rule infractions and decreased substance abuse as well as increased moral judgement. Significant reduction in the risk factors that underlie substance dependence, particularly reduction in anxiety, depression, neuroticism, and other forms of psychological distress. The TM Program produces a wide range of improvements in psychophysiological well-being as indicated by better psychological health, enhanced autonomic functioning, and improved neuroendocrine balance resulting in significantly lower recidivism rates for parolee practitioners and lower relapse rates for addicts.Research on Physiological, Psychological and Sociological Mechanisms which Lead to Reduced Recidivism:Abrams AI, Siegel LM. The Transcendental Meditation program and rehabilitation at Folsom State Prison: a cross-validation study. Criminal Justice and Behavior 1978 5(1):3-20The Transcendental Meditation program in a maximum security prison was studied via cross-validation design. Significant differences were found between the Transcendental Meditation and control groups across all the inventories were found, indicating reduction in anxiety, neuroticism, hostility, and insomnia.Abrams AI. Transcendental Meditation and rehabilitation at Folsom Prison: response to a critique. Criminal Justice and Behavior 1979 6(1):13-21The benefits of Transcendental Meditation reported in the previous paper were found not to be the result of selection bias or a tendency of subjects to make socially desirable, untrue responses.—EDITORSThe article responds to the challenge posed that findings by Abrams and Siegel on the TM program at Folsom State Prison resulted from Rosenthal experimental bias effects, and that the data was parsimoniously interpreted by the authors. The authors noted that Rosenthal effects are not so pervasive that in every possible instance promising treatments should be discounted. Moreover, EPI Lie Scale data indicate that, if anything, the treatment reduced the inmates' modest tendency to make socially desirable, untrue responses. No consistent relations between levels of Lie Scale and criterion variables were found in a meta-analysis of the data. In conclusion, the potential cost effectiveness of the program, which was questioned by the critic, was supported by an analysis of preliminary recidivism rates of discharged participants.Alexander CN, Orme-Johnson DW. Walpole study of the Transcendental Meditation program in maximum security prisoners II: longitudinal study of development and psychopathology. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation 2003 36(1-4):127-160271 maximum-security prisoners who were participating in either the Transcendental Meditation (TM) program, counseling, drug rehabilitation, or faith based groups. Only regular participants in the TM program changed significantly. TM subjects showed significant reductions in aggression (p < .05), especially those who meditated at least twice a week (p < .005). In addition, they showed reduced schizophrenic symptoms (p < .05), decreased trait-anxiety (p < .10, trend), and increased frequency of post-conceptual experience of higher states of consciousness (p < .01)Alexander CN, Walton KG, Goodman R. Walpole study of the Transcendental Meditation program in maximum security prisoners I: cross-sectional differences in development and psychopathology. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation 2003 36(1-4):97-126Significant improvements in the TM group including improved ego development (p<.0005), improved interpersonal relationships (p<.05), reduced psychopathic deviation (p<.01), reduced anxiety (p<.05), reduced aggression (p<.05), reduced tension (p<.05), and reduced introversion (p<.05)These outcomes, identify the TM program as an effective tool for promoting the psychological health and personal maturation necessary for lasting rehabilitation of maximum-security inmates.Anklesaria FK, King MS. The Enlightened Sentencing Project: a judicial innovation. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation 2003 36(1-4):35-46Probationers “sentenced” to The TM Technique report less anger, decreased substance abuse,. Judges report the probationers practicing TM have greater self-esteem and self-control, positive social attitude, increased ability to secure employment. Starting in 1996, Judge David C. Mason, a Missouri circuit court judge began sentencing probationers (offenses from drunk driving to manslaughter) to learn The TM Technique and to attend classes on the technique. As of the publication of this study in 2003, 6 judges in Missouri have sentenced 100 probationers to The TM Program. Probation Officers in Missouri are also experiencing the wide range of benefits of the TM Program. Through the creative use of existing laws, the Enlightened Sentencing Project is an example of successful judicial innovation to meet a social need.Dillbeck MC. Transcendental Meditation alleviates stress. In J-M Etkins (ed.), The State of Corrections: Proceedings of American Correctional Association Annual Conferences, 1988 (pp.157-161). Laurel, Maryland: American Correctional Association, 1989Goodman RS, Walton KG, Orme-Johnson DW, Boyer R. The Transcendental Meditation program: a consciousness-based developmental technology for rehabilitation and crime prevention. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation 2003 36(1-4):1-34Documentation and explanation of the effects of the TM Technique spanning the fields of psychology, physiology, and sociology. Descriptions of practical applications of The TM Program to rehabilitation and prevention.Hawkins M, Alexander CN, Travis FT, Camelia CR, Walton KG, Durchholz CF, Rainforth MW. Consciousness-based approach to rehabilitation of inmates in the Netherlands Antilles: psychosocial and cognitive changes. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation 2003 36(1-4):205-228In TM Group, significant decrease in Cognitive Distortion (thinking errors) (p<.05) and significant increase in Intelligence-related Measures (p<.05), with a increase in psychological well-being (p=.082) Practice of TM positively affects recognized correlates of criminal behavior. TM can reduce a risk factor while simultaneously increasing protective factors.Hawkins MA, Orme-Johnson DW, Durchholz CF. Fulfilling the rehabilitative ideal through the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi Programs: primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention. Journal of Social Behavior and Personality 2005 17(1):443-488Unprecedented wide ranging benefits of The TM Technique have been demonstrated, including improvements in biochemistry, physiology, as well as improvement in psychosocial, cognitive and behavioral measurements. Reduced risk factors for criminal conduct have been demonstrated along with increased “protective factors” and societal prevention. The TM Program has been applied successfully to offender populations, at risk populations and in the general population for crime prevention.Jones C, Clayborne M, Grant JD, Rutherford G. Attacking crime at its source: consciousness-based education in the prevention of violence and anti-social behavior. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation 2003 36(1-4):229-256Unique effectiveness of the TM Program due to its ability to simultaneously deal with multiple causes of crime and violence. The practice of the TM Technique reduces 23 identified risk factors for crime in four broad categories-physiological, psychological, sociological circumstances and substance abuse.King MS. Deterrence, rehabilitation and human nature: the need for a holistic approach to offenders. Criminal Law Journal 2000 24:335-345Research indicating stress affects the individual as whole, causing and contributing to criminal activity, underscores the criminal justice systems need for holistic approaches.King MS. Geraldton Alternative Sentencing Regime: applying therapeutic and holistic jurisprudence in the bush. Criminal Law Journal 2002 26:260-271Magill DL. Cost savings from teaching the Transcendental Meditation program. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation 2003 36(1-4):319-332Total savings over 5 years for every 1,000 inmates and 100 correctional officers instructed in the TM Program is estimated at $31.6 millionOrme-Johnson DW, Moore RM. First prison study using the Transcendental Meditation program: La Tuna Federal Penitentiary. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation 2003 36(1-4):89-96After practicing the TM Technqiue for 2 months, inmates showed increased stability of the autonomic nervous system, decreased rigidity, decreased obsessive thoughts, decreased compulsive behavior, decreased psychasthenia (including phobias and excessive anxiety), decreased social introversion, decreased SSRR, improved integrated function of the frontal lobes beneficial for rehabilitation.Orme-Johnson, DW. Prison rehabilitation and crime prevention through the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi program. In LH Hippchen (ed.), Holistic Approaches to Offender Rehabilitation (Chapter 19). Springfield, Illinois: Charles C Thomas Press, 1981A summary of research on the Transcendental Meditation program conducted in prisons and presents an overview of the physiological, psychological, and sociological findings in terms of the growth of stability and adaptability. In addition the practice of the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi program is shown to produce a coherent influence throughout collective consciousness, thereby preventing crime and promoting positive trends in society.Walton KG, Levitsky DK. Effects of the Transcendental Meditation program on neuroendocrine abnormalities associated with aggression and crime. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation 2003 36(1-4):67-88The TM Program reduces stress induced abnormalities in the neuroendocrine systems. Abnormalities in the neuroendocrine systems have been related to impulsivity, aggression and crime.