(BOP) – Inmates in the Residential Drug Abuse Treatment Program (RDAP) at the Federal Prison Camp in Pensacola, FL, discovered how to use their differences to help support one another. During a Diversity Day Program, RDAP participants were paired with inmates of another ethnicity or culture to interact, get to know each other, and learn to appreciate differences. Inmates participated in real-life scenarios, including skits. RDAP participants from different countries set up information tables to share and discuss their cultures with inmates and staff.
"I thought it had an important value to my treatment," said one inmate who participated in the Diversity Day Program. "After being incarcerated for more than a decade the world has changed and diversity is a big part of society." The inmates learned that even though their backgrounds, educations, and reasons for being incarcerated may be different, they all shared similar struggles, challenges, and obstacles in life.