EngagingCommunity College Partners

Reentry, Programs & ServicesSeptember, 2018

RP&S is responsible for overall guidance of programming inPrisons and Community Corrections.

Creation/Development Monitoring Audit Standards/Quality Assurance Support & Training

Roles & Responsibilities

Jobs

Programs

Education

Activities

Services

Offender Assignments: JPAS

Full-time job assignments:

Unit Positions (kitchen, clothes house, janitors, barbers) Labor Contracts (government agencies) Work Release (no incentive wage) Inmate Construction Program (ICP) Correction Enterprises

Offender Assignments / Jobs

Structured interventions designed to achieve specific goals and results; usually curriculum based, targets a particular criminogenic need(s) and promotes pro-social behavior, attitude and values; and has shown to reduce recidivism. Usually part-time except for Education assignments-

• Thinking for a Change

• Domestic Violence Education Program

• Interactive Journaling

Some full-time: • Alcohol & Chemical Dependency Program (ACDP)

• Sex Offender Accountability & Responsibility (SOAR)

• STOP & Change Direction Domestic Violence Education & Treatment

Offender Assignments / Programs

Structured events for offenders that provide productive interaction among themselves, staff and the community.

Support Groups (AA/NA) Community Volunteer (CV) passes in the community Home Leaves Parenting Service Clubs Bands/Chorus Yoga Recreational

Offender Assignments / Activities

Methods that consists primarily of providing assistance or information to offenders to address needs and barriers with little staff interaction.

* DMV

* Job/Resource Fairs

* NC Works

* Food Stamps

* Veteran’s Services

* Local Resource Councils

* Community Resource Councils

Offender Assignments / Services

Full-time &/or part-time typically with Community Colleges & other colleges & universities (usually on-site at Prisons)

* ABE/HSE

* Field Ministry Program

* L.E.E.D and Peer Support

* Carpentry, Masonry, Basic Electricity

* Human Resource Development

Offender Assignments / Education & Vocational

Handout:

Pages 13 – 16 of 2016-2017 Annual Statistical Report

Offender Assignments / JPAS

A huge change occurred when Prisons switched over to HiSET from GED. Our Education Services led the charge in implementation for

Prisons and we began this transition during August, 2016.

HiSET!

2017 HiSET passing rates:

NC Prisons = 84% passing rate

National = 81.5% passing rate

HiSET continued…

IT’S ABOUT TEAMWORK AND PARTNERSHIP!

HiSET continued…

Through collaboration with Prison Education Services, IT section, Prisons and Community Colleges, we are scheduled to begin piloting

computer-based testing for HiSET at North Carolina Correctional Center for Women (NCCIW) during October, 2018.

HiSET: NEXT STEPS

Additional sites to be piloted for computer-based testing effective January, 2019:

Foothills Correctional Institution

Craggy Correctional Center

Swannanoa Correctional Center for Women

Avery Mitchell Correctional Institution

Mountain View Correctional Institution

Albemarle Correctional Institution

Piedmont Correctional Institution

HiSET: NEXT STEPS

June, 2017 policy changes:

* Functioning below the tenth-grade achievement level (reading or math) must participate for six months

* Below age 17 required to participate regardless of their reading level for six months

(Previously – Below sixth-grade achievement level and participation was for four months.)

Mandatory Education Program (MEP)

Risk/Needs Assessment – an evidence based principle.

Focuses on:

WHO (RISK) – Re-arrest (who is highest risk)

WHAT (Needs) – Criminogenic needs and barriers

HOW (RESPONSIVITY)- Matching interventions to the person with a focus on the individual (one size does NOT fit all!)

Risk/Needs Assessment (RNA)

Service Priority Levels

Level 1 - (most likely to reoffend/greatest need forprogramming)

Level 2

Level 3

Level 4

Level 5- (least likely to reoffend and lowest need forprogramming)

* The use of case plans reduce new arrests and technical violations

* Case plans enhance offender perception of fairness and offender compliance

* Collaboration among the key players gets better results, therefore case plans should involve other partners

Taxman, Faye S. (2008). No Illusions: Offender and Organizational Change in Maryland’s Proactive Community Supervision

Efforts. Criminology & Public Policy, 7(2); Taxman, Faye S. and Meridith H. Thanner (2003/2004). Probation from a

Therapeutic Perspective: Results from the Field, Contemporary Issues in Law, 7(7); Domurad, Frank (2010). Say It Three

Times and It Must Be Evidence-Based Collaboration. Offenders Program Report, 13(5-6).

Case Plan Research

TOT, EBP for the Officer, North Carolina Community Corrections, April 2011

* Lincoln CC and Wake CC are the models (launched 6/1/17)

* Orientation held on 2/7/18 for:• Caldwell CC

• Gaston CC

• Johnston CI

• Orange CC (launched 5/1/2017)

* Six (6) more due for orientation late-summer to begin reentry mission by end of year, 2018:

• NCCIW-Min

• Davidson CC

• Hoke CI

• Greene CI

• Carteret CC

• New Hanover CC

Designated Reentry Facilities

Goal is to house offenders who have 1-2 years remaining on their release date and who are returning to the surrounding community (some have Local Reentry Councils)

Complete specific reentry/transition steps to directly connect them to the local community of release

Facility Staff, Case Managers, Reentry PPOs, Volunteers, Supervising PPOs will all work to break down any barriers to successful release

Designated Reentry Facilities

North Carolina Department of Public Safety

Passing the Baton

REENTRY begins day one…

DAY 1

Handouts & Explanation:

* Local Reentry Council Catchment Area Map

* Local Reentry Council Booklets

* Local Reentry Councils Point Of Contact List

Designated Reentry Facilities

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Sarah R. Cobb

Assistant DirectorRP&S

sarah.cobb@ncdps.gov

336-618-1445

Questions?