The Criminon program has been implemented in more than penal institutions across some nations. Staffed largely by volunteers, Criminon also trains the personnel of correctional institutions for delivery of on-site rehabilitation programs. Criminon services further extend to police departments, juvenile facilities and crime prevention programs—the full equation for a world without crime.
Police officers in Mexicali, Mexico, train on the program’s centerpiece, entitled The Way to Happiness, the common-sense moral code.
In Indonesian prisons running the Criminon program, recidivism fell to less than .
L. Ron Hubbard discovered that the key to true rehabilitation is restoring an individual’s self-respect. To assist inmates to do just that, Criminon students study and apply precepts of The Way to Happiness.
In Taiwan, as is the case throughout the world, drug-related offenses account for rising inmate populations. For that reason, the Criminon program includes a drug education component to help inmates understand and overcome addiction.
Criminon has delivered programs in more than South African facilities, from juvenile centers to maximum security prisons.