Oberstown Children Detention Campus (Oberstown) is Ireland’s national facility for the detention of children remanded or sentenced by the courts. Located in Lusk, Co Dublin, the Campus is based in custom-built premises comprising residential accommodation units for young people as well as education, recreation, visiting, medical and other facilities.

Oberstown works with young people to develop their sense of responsibility and life skills to address the factors associated with their offending behaviour. The Interim Head of Programmes identifies and implements programmes to address offending behaviour and to support the young people’s care while on Campus. These programmes cover a range of areas, including victim empathy, dealing with impulsive behaviours and reducing misuse of drugs and alcohol.

Crinan Drug Relapse Prevention: A group work intervention that aims to teach participants how to examine the triggers for and the consequences of their drug/alcohol use. It supports young people to develop strategies that help them effectively manage and overcome any stressors or triggers in their environment that may cause a relapse. The programme consists of eight modules that were delivered by two external facilitators from Crinan Youth Project.
No. deliveries 2020: 1 course delivered in 4 one-hour sessions as part of evening activities in January 2020. Further conducts were not possible due to Covid-19 restrictions. Participants: 6 No. completed: 6