Talbot Hall Residential Reentry Center - GEO

Talbot Hall Residential Reentry 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: 973-589-1114

Talbot Hall is a state prison reentry treatment center for 536 adult males preparing to reenter the community as contributing citizens under the supervision of the New Jersey Department of Corrections located next to the Hudson County Correctional Facility. The Hall is a two-story brick building that dates back to the early 1900s when it served as the corporate headquarters for a subsidiary of U.S. Steel. After years of neglect and abandonment, its potential was recognized, and it was transformed into a residential reentry center.

Talbot Hall engages a modified therapeutic community approach to treatment. Residents entering Talbot Hall are directed to their peer community as a key component in their behavior change process. Residents who exhibit pro-social behavior within the peer structure are assigned greater levels of responsibility. Talbot Hall provides services seven days a week offering structure and flexibility to meet participant risks and needs.

Programs and services currently offered at Talbot Hall include, comprehensive assessments, individual and group counseling, substance abuse programming, life skills, educational services, family services, Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), treatment readiness, problem-solving/self-regulation, interpersonal communication, employment skills, 12-Step meetings, alumni and aftercare programs, medical services, spiritual services, library and law library, indoor and outdoor recreation, and document assistance.

• Talbot Hall is a residential assessment and treatment center, one of two in New Jersey.
• At Talbot Hall residents are assessed for their level of risk for re-offending and reentry treatment needs.
  Residents engage in a highly structured therapeutic environment to enhance their preparedness for community release.
• Specific services include completion of a core treatment curriculum focused on addiction and recovery, REBT, common thinking errors by offenders, and strategies for improved communication and problem solving.
• Targeted interventions include relapse prevention, job skills, life skills, taking responsibility, and managing destructive emotions.
• Talbot Hall houses an Alumni Resource Center staffed by full-time alumni, who are ex-offenders from reentry treatment programs.
• A family services program is available every Monday night for residents and their family members.

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