Proposing Forgiveness Therapy Within Prison

The Forgiveness Therapy model mainly includes four stages: uncovering, decision, work and deepening. The book 8 Keys to Forgiveness (2015, a forgiveness therapy manual authored by Dr. Enright) is the basis for the therapy as a way to ensure that the treatment is uniformly founded on the forgiveness process developed at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

The Carey Guides is a primary educational program deliberately chosen and approved by the Department of Corrections in Wisconsin, in which all inmates are encouraged (not required) to complete as they work toward custody reduction. Some aspects emphasized in it include anti-social thinking, emotional regulation, moral reasoning, and so on. It is the basis for the control group therapy as a way to ensure that the treatment has a uniform process as it is taught in the Department of Corrections (DOC) prison system.