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Stephanie Wiechmann
The program's official name is the Integrated Reentry and Correctional Support Program. IRACS for short. Delaware County Sheriff Tony Skinner says everyone besides those in maximum security and lockdown are eligible to participate because of liability. Travis Jester heads the program in Delaware and Blackford counties. He says inmates have responded well to the peer coaches because the coaches have lived their experiences to incarceration or substance abuse.

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Travis Jester
I'm a convicted felon, and now I'm a director of recovery over Northeast Indiana, and I feel like, if not 90, all 100% of the people in there that we're working with could do my job.

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Stephanie Wiechmann
The trained peer coaches meet with inmates throughout their time in jail. Then IRACS navigators and others continue services for at least a month after someone goes back into the community. Blackford, Davies, Dearborn, Delaware and Scott counties began programs in the last month or two. Delaware County is the largest, with about 340 inmates currently at the jail. Sheriff Skinner says IRACS coaches work alongside jail staff.

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Tony Skinner
The team of peer support specialists have full access to the facility during business hours Monday through Friday. They have ample space to meet with the inmates to reevaluate their needs and then begin counseling with them.

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Stephanie Wiechmann
Skinner is such a fan of the program even after a few weeks, that he hopes the state will roll it out to every county jail in the next few years. In Muncie. Stephanie Wiechmann, IPR news.