Albert M. "Bo" Robinson Assessment & Treatment Center - GEO

Albert M. "Bo" Robinson Assessment & Treatment Center - GEO basic information to help guide you through what you can do for your inmate while they are incarcerated. The facility's direct contact number: 609-421-2041

Albert M. "Bo" Robinson Assessment & Treatment Center - GEO is a regional jail facility that handles the intake from the Mercer County Sheriff's arrests but also from several surrounding counties located at 377 Enterprise Ave Trenton, NJ. This cooperative prison is funded by all of the counties that hold their detainees and sentenced inmates.

Bo Robinson Assessment & Treatment Center conducts extensive assessments to assist the Department of Corrections, Mercer County, and NJ State Parole in making informed decisions, as to risk, need referrals, treatment recommendations, and potential program placement. The program is a 60 to 180-day program. The program design is gender-responsive, creating an environment that is conducive for change and recovery. Bo Robinson provides services seven days a week offering structure and flexibility to meet participant risks and needs and agency goals.

SERVICES - Programs and services currently offered at the Bo Robinson Assessment & Treatment Center include, individual and group counseling, cognitive-behavioral therapy, substance abuse programming, educational services, life skills, cultural diversity programs, family programming, gender-specific treatment, workforce development activities, work release services, faith-based services, and alumni and aftercare programs. Bo Robinson has an active Alumni Services group that assists former residents in their transition into the community through the provision of supportive services.

• The goal of the facility is to provide an intensive treatment program that emphasizes relapse prevention and preparation for transfer into a work-release program.
• The assessment process at Bo Robinson uses standardized and actuarially based instruments to gather information to determine an offender's current risk factors for public safety concerns and recidivism.
• The assessment evaluation also gathers data to determine an offender's current treatment needs. After the data collection is complete, staff develop an assessment report used to create an individualized reentry treatment plan for each offender during his/her stay.
• The treatment component consists of carefully selected therapeutic services including individual and group counseling; cognitive-behavioral training; substance abuse treatment; educational services; life skills; cultural diversity programs; family program; workforce development activities; work-release services; faith-based services.
• The components are delivered in a variety of contexts, including lecture format, classroom instruction, small group sessions, and individual counseling.
• The Alumni Association is very active at Bo Robinson and assists offenders in their transition from treatment back into the community through the provision of supportive services.