Medium Intensity Rehabilitation Programme

The Medium Intensity Rehabilitation Programme (MIRP) will help you look at why you offend, and how you can develop skills to stop your offending in the future.

As part of a group, you’ll meet regularly with a Corrections programme facilitator who is trained to help people create a crime-free future for themselves.

Who is it for?

The programme is aimed at male offenders in prisons and in the community who are over 20 years of age and at moderate risk of re-offending or have a specific sentence or order.

Can I do a Medium Intensity Rehabilitation Programme?

Your probation officer or sentence planner will tell you if you are suitable for the MIRP, and they will check to see that you are motivated enough to work through the programme and challenge your way of thinking and problem behaviour.

Your probation officer or sentence planner will also tell you if another programme may be more suitable.

How long does it take?

The programme is 53 sessions long, normally 13 weeks. Each session usually runs for 2.5 hours four days per week, except the first and last sessions, which run for 3.5 hours.

What will I have to do?

You will meet with the programme facilitator in a group of up to 10 participants. Over the 53 sessions you will be asked to talk about your offending – about what happens, what you are getting out of it and what it is costing you and your family.

The programme will help you learn to cope in difficult situations, how to solve problems and resolve conflict in positive ways, including relationship skills. It will also help you learn how to manage your feelings and behaviours so you don’t offend again. The programme facilitator will work with you to set goals for making positive changes in how you think and behave. You’ll also learn how you can stay crime free.

Who else is involved?

You may wish to tell people who are important to you – your family, friends or the people you work for and with – that you are doing this programme. They may be able to support you in creating a positive crime-free future.

For more information?

Talk to your probation officer or sentence planner for more information.