AZ DOJC - Rehabilitation and Community Re-entry Programs, OAG, 2009 A REPORT TO THE ARIZONA LEGISLATURE Performance Audit Division Performance Audit Arizona Department of Juvenile Corrections— Rehabilitation and Community Re-entry Programs March • 2009 REPORT NO. 09-02 Debra K. Davenport Auditor General The Auditor General is appointed by the Joint …

Imagining more than just a prisoner - Prisoners Penfriends, Warwick Law School, 2015 University of Warwick School of Law Legal Studies RESEARCH Paper No. 2015/12 Imagining more than just a prisoner: The work of Prisoners’ Penfriends Jacqueline Hodgson and Juliet Horne APRIL 2015 Electronic copy available at: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2607575 Imagining more …

Justice to the TN Governors Task Force on Sentencing and Recidivism, Vera, 2015 CENTER ON SENTENCING AND CORRECTIONS Report of the Vera Institute of Justice to the Tennessee Governor’s Task Force on Sentencing and Recidivism Summary and Analysis of the Task Force’s Recommendations to the Public Safety Subcabinet Christine Herrman …

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TN Rehabilitative Initiative in Correction Board - Performance Audit, Comptroller of the Treasury, 2015 STATE OF TENNESSEE COMPTROLLER OF THE TREASURY TENNESSEE REHABILITATIVE INITIATIVE IN CORRECTION BOARD Performance Audit Report September 2015 Justin P. Wilson, Comptroller Division of State Audit Risk-Based Performance Section DEBORAH V. LOVELESS, CPA, CGFM, CGMA Director …

Max Out - The Rise in Prison Inmates Released Without Supervision, Pew, 2014 A report from Max Out The Rise in Prison Inmates Released Without Supervision June 2014 The Pew Charitable Trusts Susan K. Urahn, executive vice president Alexis Schuler, senior director Program team Adam Gelb Karla Dhungana Benjamin Adams …

Memo to Inmates - Cold Case Playing Cards (Snitch Deck), IDOC, 2015 IDAHO DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION Protect tl1e public, our staff, and tllose Vvitllin our aJStody and supervision tl1rough safety. aa::ountability, partnerships, and providing opportunities for offender d1ange. C. L. "BUTCH" OTTER Governor KEVIN H. KEMPF Director Memo To: IDOC …

Multistate Criminal History Patterns of Prisoners Released in 30 States, DOH BJS, 2015 U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Statistics SEPTEMBER 2015 Special Report NCJ 248942 Multistate Criminal History Patterns of Prisoners Released in 30 States Matthew R. Durose, Howard N. Snyder, Ph.D., and Alexia …

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Procedures to Take Down an Active Inmates Facebook Account, CA DOC, 2014 facebook Procedures to Take Down an Active Inmates Facebook Account September 2014 Steps to take to locate, verify, record, report, takedown, follow up, and document inmate facebook pages. Office of Victim & Survivor Rights & Services [ 1-877-256-6877 …

Public Research Universities - Changes in State Funding, Lincoln Project, 2015 Public Research Universities: Changes in State Funding A Publication of The Lincoln Project: Excellence and Access in Public Higher Education © 2015 by the American Academy of Arts & Sciences All rights reserved. isbn: 0-87724-106-6 This publication is available …

Lifetime of Punishment - Impact of Felony Drug Ban on Welfare Benefits, The Sentencing Project, 2013 A LIFETIME OF PUNISHMENT: THE IMPACT OF THE FELONY DRUG BAN ON WELFARE BENEFITS For more information, contact: The Sentencing Project 1705 DeSales Street NW 8th Floor Washington, D.C. 20036 This report was written …

The Family and Recidivism, American Jails, 2012 The Family AND RECIDIVISM R yan S hanahan and S andra V illalobos A gudelo Incarcerated men and women who maintain contact with supportive family members are more likely to succeed after their release. Although corrections practitioners and policymakers often understand the positive …

Effect of Private Sector Work Opportunities in Prison on Labor Market Outcomes of the Formerly Incarcerated, CESR-Schaeffer, 2015 The Effect of Private Sector Work Opportunities in Prison on Labor Market Outcomes of the Formerly Incarcerated Robynn Cox Paper No: 2015-014 CESR-SCHAEFFER WORKING PAPER SERIES The Working Papers in this series …

Ending the Over-Use of Isolation in Prisons, Prisoner Reentry Institute , 2015 Proceedings of a Colloquium to further a National Consensus on Ending the Over-Use of Extreme Isolation in Prisons John Jay College of Criminal Justice September 30-October 1, 2015 Prisoner Reentry Institute With support from The Jacob and Valeria …

Risk Assessment Instruments in Correctional Settings, Council of State Governments Justice Center, 2013 ! Risk!Assessment!Instruments!Validated!and!Implemented!in!Correctional!Settings!in!the!United! States:!!! An!Empirical!Guide!! ! An#executive#summary#drawn#from#Sarah#L.#Desmarais#and#Jay#P.#Singh,#Instruments#for# Assessing#Recidivism#Risk:#A#Review#of#Validation#Studies#Conducted#in#the#U.S.#(New!York:# Council!of!State!Governments!Justice!Center,!2013).! INTRODUCTION! ! The!rates!of!crime,!incarceration,!and!correctional!supervision!are!disproportionately! high!in!the!U.S.!and!translate!into!exorbitant!costs!to!individuals,!the!public,!and!the!state.! Within!three!years!of!release!from!jail!or!prison,!twoSthirds!of!offenders!are!rearrested!and!half! are!incarcerated!for!a!new!crime!or!parole!violation.1!Though!many!offenders!recidivate,!a! considerable!proportion!do!not.!Thus,!there!is!a!need!to!identify!those!offenders!at!greater!risk! of!recidivism!and!to!allocate!resources!and!target!risk!management!and!rehabilitation!efforts! accordingly.!Risk!assessment,!a!crucial!component!to!implementing!evidenceSbased!recidivism! reduction!strategies,!is!the!process!of!estimating!the!likelihood!an!offender!will!recidivate!by! identifying!those!offenders!at!higher!risk!and!in!greater!need!of!interventions.!Assessment! results,!based!on!ratings!of!empirically!or!theoretically!based!risk!and/or!protective!factors,!can! be!used!to!determine!intervention!targets,!appropriate!programming!level!and!intensity,!and! supervision!level.!There!is!overwhelming!evidence!to!suggest!that!assessments!of!risk! completed!using!structured!approaches!produce!estimates!that!are!both!more!accurate!and! more!consistent!across!assessors!compared!to!subjective!or!unstructured!approaches.2!More! and!more,!structured!risk!assessment!approaches!are!being!used!in!correctional!agencies.3! ! The!nearly!100Syear!history!of!risk!assessment!instrument!development!has!been! documented!on!several!occasions.4!The!focus!and!structure!of!risk!assessment!tools!have! shifted!significantly!over!time.!Studies!have!identified!the!important!evolution!of!risk! assessment!and!predictability!of!criminal!behavior,*!from!Burgess’!(1928)5!seminal!work!on!the! application!of!a!systemized!prediction!methodology!through!the!progression!of!the!four!distinct! generations!summarized!below.!! ! ! The!first!generation!of!risk!assessment!is!best!described!as!unstructured!professional! judgment,!in!which!the!assessor!relies!on!his!or!her!professional!training!and!information! gathered!from!the!incarcerated!individual,!official!records,!or!other!sources!to!inform!his!or!her! …

Roadmap to Reentry - A California Legal Guide, Root & Rebound, 2015 A CALIFORNIA LEGAL GUIDE ©2015 ROOT & REBOUND ROADMAP TO REENTRY: A California Legal Guide Copyright © 2015 by Root & Rebound Published by Root & Rebound ABOUT ROOT & REBOUND Root & Rebound is a nonprofit reentry …

Sentencing, Recidivism & the Positive Impact of Successful Reentry, Governor's Public Safety Summit, 2014 Sentencing, Recidivism, and the Positive Impact of Successful Reentry Agenda • Governor’s Task Force on Sentencing and Recidivism • Tennessee Trends • Sentencing • Recidivism • Reentry • Going Forward Governor’s Task Force on Sentencing and …

Voting Guide for Ex Felons, Advancement Project, 2002 SEPTEMBER 2002 RE-ENFRANCHISEMENT! A GUIDE FOR INDIVIDUAL RESTORATION OF VOTING RIGHTS IN STATES THAT PERMANENTLY DISENFRANCHISE FORMER FELONS In 1962 Fannie Lou Hamer tried to register to vote. She was fired the same day, after working on the plantation for 18 years; …

Reducing Costs and Recidivism Report, June, NM DOC 2012 Report to The LEGISLATIVE FINANCE COMMITTEE New Mexico Corrections Department Reducing Recidivism, Cutting Costs and Improving Public Safety in the Incarceration and Supervision of Adult Offenders June 14, 2012 Report #12-07 LEGISLATIVE FINANCE COMMITTEE Senator John Arthur Smith, Chairman Representative Luciano …