Second Chance Center
Rick Pendery founded the Second Chance Center. The Second Chance Center (SCC) is state-wide, secure, long-term, multi-jurisdictional rehabilitation facility. The SCC provides the judiciary with an alternative to jail/prison in a secure enviroment. It targets offenders who have six (6) months to a year remaining on their sentences.
The offender participates in a rigorous full-time treatment program. The SCC provides a non-medical, social detoxification model of rehabilitation based on nutrition, exercise and education. The program helps restore personal integrity and self-esteem. Licensed Social Workers will assist the ex-offender in his reintegration process.
The SCC currently can provide up to 300 beds with expansion capacity to 600 beds. It is located in the vacated Westside Jail west of Albuqerque, NM; off I-40 at the Paseo Del Vulcan exit.