# Jail - Groups Veteran Inmates Together.

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**Created:** [August 9, 2016, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jail-groups-veteran-inmates-together/762221 "2016-08-09T06:08:16Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 9, 2016, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jail-groups-veteran-inmates-together/762221/1 "2016-08-09T06:08:16Z")

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Local story. It’s the first program like this in Arkansas. Seems like a very good idea. Especially for vets with PTSD. That common background of military discipline and training can mean a lot. The interviews in the news video makes it clear these men are supporting each other.

I know there are screw ups and criminals even in the military. No surprise that they end up doing the same thing outside the military.

But there are guys that served honorably that for whatever reason took the wrong path as civilians. I can see a program like this helping them. Should make life easier for the jail’s correction officers. A group like this probably won’t have as many discipline problems in the jail.

I wonder if any other states have tried this approach?

> **[Veterans grouped together at the Garland County jail](https://katv.com/news/local/veterans-grouped-together-at-the-garland-county-jail)**
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> Veterans at the Garland County Detention Center are grouped together in their own unit. The goal is to place veterans who are incarcerated together as support for each other to succeed.Watch the story to find out the many ways the veteran inmates say...

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**Post date:** [August 9, 2016, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jail-groups-veteran-inmates-together/762221/2 "2016-08-09T17:11:13Z")

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Washington State prisons are creating pods for Veteran Inmates.

This article discusses the issues with the program. Still too early to know if recidivism will go down compared to the general prison population.

> **[Prisons Experiment With Programs To Help Incarcerated Veterans](https://www.npr.org/2015/12/07/458828465/prisons-experiment-with-programs-to-help-incarcerated-veterans)**
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> Prisons are experimenting with ways to help veterans who have committed crimes and are serving time. At one state prison in Washington state, veterans are organized in a cell block like a military unit, complete with unit insignia and flag...

Quite surprised Sheriff Joe Arpaio in Arizona is trying this too. Didn’t realize he supports prisoner rehabilitation. Whatever his thinking. I’m glad Vets are benefiting.  
[Arizona jail housing veterans together](http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/12/12/maricopa-county-jail-housing-veterans-together/3996255/)