"People who take alcohol are not alert. It impairs their ability to react even when it seems to them they are more alert because of it. Alcohol has some medicinal value. It can be grossly overestimated. Don't let anyone who has been drinking drive you in a car or fly you in a plane. Drinking can take lives in more ways than one. A little liquor goes a long way; don't let too much of it wind up in unhappiness or death."



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The Second Chance Program in Ensenada State Prison


Joy and Rick hold a staff meeting in which the inmate staff participate. The graph shows progress of prisoners on the program

One thousand your Mexicali students celebrate completion of the VIVE Program.

Rick Pendery and Joy Westrum
"For years during our professional careers we were very concerned with the growing impact that crime and dugs created in the lives of our fellow men. As this problem grew it became quite clear that something effective had to be done to reverse this disheartening trend. The problem permeated all elements of society. I affect not only the quality of life, but life itself.

"Through applying the highly effective technology developed by L. Ron Hubbard, not only have the lives been saved of some of society's most incorrigible and forgotten individuals, but their families and society have reaped the tremendous benefits from men who now have back their self-respect and integrity, and are productive, contributing members of society — never again to walk the dark, lonely path of crime and drugs. "We invite you to take this technology and use it to create a better world where we all can walk tall and proud, cared enough about our fellow men to do something."

The Second Chance Program, a prison-based drug and criminal rehabilitation program using the technology of L. Ron Hubbard, was founded by Rick Pendery in the Ensenada State Prison in Baja Mexico in 1995. Rick had an extensive background in drug rehabilitation, business consulting and inner city development. In 1996 he was joined by Joy Westrum, who had a successful background in education, public and government relations.

Together they expanded the program into what some officials have stated is the most successful prison-based rehabilitation program in the world. When the program started, heroin usage by inmates exceeded 90%. Violence in the prison was rampant and riots were routine. 70% of those discharged returned to prison.

Now, officials report drug use has been cut by 90% and recidivism has dropped from 70% to 10% for those who participated in the program. Each year 400-500 inmates are being rehabilitated. The Mexican government now plans to include every inmate in the prison on the program.

The VIVE Program in Mexicali, Mexico

Joy Westrum and Rick Pendery then founded the V.I.V.E. Program, a community-based crime prevention program used by police and schools. This program addresses the need for effective prevention so youth would not end up within the prison or justice system. The program has received extensive interest from individuals and officials around the world, and Rick and Joy are currently working to expand the program throughout Mexico and to the rest of the world.


Francisco Iribe: Chief of Police Mexicali, Mexico
"If this technology were applied in prisons around the world, the crime rate would decrease greatly and we would have a better world."








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