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“Let there be no barriers from within.”
Presented by:
David S. Burch
Director of Re-entry
Indiana Department of Correction
November 30, 2007
Indiana Department of Correction
• Second largest agency in the state of Indiana
• Operating Budget: $1.3 Billion, Biennium
• Over 8,000 employees
• 32 Facilities
• Cost to House Offenders 2006
– Adults:
– Juveniles:
$52.25 per day
$148.50 per day
IDOC MISSION STATEMENT
• The mission of the Indiana Department of
Correction is to empower the agency’s staff of
correctional professionals to increase public safety
and reduce recidivism through successful re-entry
programs that allow offenders the opportunity to
positively contribute to Indiana communities.
• Recidivism rate: 39.3%
– IDOC recidivism rates are based on 2002 releases - with
follow up of 3 years
– Based on return to IDOC
Dream Big.
It’s time to use a new approach.
“If you always do what you’ve always done,
you’ll always get what you’ve always
got.”
– Words of Wisdom
• Change in Focus.
– Re-entry
Improving Processes and Communicating Goals
• Understanding Re-Entry
– Staff and Unit Team Leaders were re-trained to deliver training to
correctional staff.
• Shared Responsibility
– Town Hall meetings, Advisory Board meetings, Community
Corrections, and Faith-based Organizations.
• Launched dedicated web site:
www.reentry.in.gov
• Re-entry is everyone’s business!
Re-entry Begins on Day 1
• Needs and Risk Assessment for all offenders
– Re-entry Accountability Plan (RAP) is the Road
Map to Re-entry
Treatment
Education
Vocational Training
Medical
Community Transition Plan
Data Shows…
• 97% of offenders will be released.
• In 2006, 16,379 Indiana offenders were released
into the community.
• Statistically, an offender who is not given a fair
opportunity in gaining employment, will re-offend
within 21 days of release.
Historical Release Practices: Then
• Managed day to day activities.
– Focused on public safety inside the walls.
• When released, the offender left the facility with:
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Prison clothes
$75.00
Offender ID
Photocopy of release paperwork
New Processes
• No Holiday or Weekend Releases.
• Offenders released in appropriate attire.
• Linking offenders with community resources.
• Partnered with the BMV to provide released offenders
with State ID’s through limited license branches.
• Appointment cards for services set up in the community.
Substance Abuse Solutions in Indiana
Substance Abuse
• Approximately 80% of the offender population
have substance abuse issues.
• Increased treatment capacity by 52% in 2006.
• Therapeutic communities
– Over 1500 offenders enrolled
Clean Lifestyle is Freedom Forever Initiative
• Programming is 6-9 months.
• Involved in relapse prevention during entire
incarceration.
• Interventions are cognitive.
• Meth recovery support groups with behavioral
interventions lead to long-term recovery.
CLIFF Graduations
As of October 31, 2007
• Graduates
– 1068 Adult/78 Juveniles
896 Males
172 Females
78 Juvenile
• 803 CLIFF graduates released (610 male, 123 female, 70 Juvenile).
– 71 males returned to IDOC
– 6 females returned to IDOC
– 5 Juveniles returned to IDOC
• Graduation Rate for Adult Offenders
– 73.5%
Looking at Results
• Recidivism
– Tracked at 6, 12, 18, and 36
months.
• Effect on Conduct
– 10 times less likely on
female units.
– 5 times less likely on male
units.
Governor Mitch Daniels at the Rockville
Correctional Facility Graduation
Faith and Character Units
Purposeful Living Units Serve (PLUS)
• June 2005
– Voluntary faith and character based re-entry initiative.
• Core values are taught and demonstrated by:
– Emphasizing spiritual, moral, and character development
– Focusing on life-skills training and preparation for successful re-entry.
• Effective Solutions to Implementing Faith and Character-Based
Initiative:
• Offenders can choose from two tracks – faith (all religions) or
character (values)
• No state funds for the programs
• Voluntary
• No time-cuts
Indiana Purposeful Living Units Serve (PLUS)
Religious Representations
Include:
Christianity
Islam
Judaism
Wicca/Pagan
Buddhism
Hinduism
Taoism
Shinto
Jehovah Witness
Greek Orthodox
Agnostic
Atheist
Indianapolis Juvenile PLUS Unit – All murals are painted by participants.
PLUS PROGRAMS
• Number of Facilities: 16
– 12 Adult
– 4 Juvenile
• Number of participants:
– 1,280 (as of 9/30/07)
• Number of volunteers:
– 124 (as of 9/30/07)
• Number of graduates:
– 667
Fatherhood and Marriage Programs
Inside out Dads
M.O.A. with National Fatherhood Initiatives.
Key Focus:
Relationships, Communication, Building Self Worth,
Discipline, Grief and Loss, etc.
US Health and Human Services Grants
Demonstration Grant for Children’s Visitation Centers
Inside out Dads, Dr. Dad, and Read to me Dad offered.
Prevention and Relationship Enhancement Program (PREP)
Marriage enrichment seminars (2 Days)
Spouse involvement
Progressive Corrections
Re-entry Center: A Change in Mission
– A new way of life
Mission change – existing juvenile
facility becomes the Plainfield Re-entry
Educational Center.
By changing the mission of a
juvenile facility, we were able to
operate the nation’s first Re-entry
facility.
July 2006 – PREF Open House
Offenders at this facility get a
hands-on approach to life skills,
education and employment skills
Dream Big…
• Plainfield Re-entry Educational Facility
•Open campus
•Personal Clothing
•Responsible for
own schedule
•Parole on site
•Restaurant on site
•Lincoln Bank
(debit cards)
•Department of
Workforce
Development on
site
•Charter Member
of Toastmasters
Community Re-Entry Centers
• Community focused Residential Beds
– Step-down supervision
– Community partnerships
– Employment focused
– Zip-code management
– Volunteers
– Who is eligible?
Building Interagency Relationships
Tenant Based Rental Assistance (TBRA) program
• Partnership between Indiana Department of
Correction and the Indiana Housing and
Community Development Authority.
– Administrators in the North and Central regions of the
state
– Provides rental assistance to releasing parolees for up to
one year
– Security deposit
– Utility deposits
– Goal of becoming self sufficient
– 14 offenders served in five counties
Building Interagency Relationships
Family and Social Services Agency (FSSA)
Apply for Medicaid prior to release.
Apply for TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy
Families) prior to release.
Bureau of Motor Vehicles
Issuing state ID’s prior to release.
Currently operating 3 limited license branches.
Moving toward ability to produce state ID’s at all 32
facilities.
Building Interagency Relationships
• State Department of Health
– Obtaining birth certificates prior to release
– Obtained over 6500 birth certificates since February 2006
– Offer training on STD’s and Communicable Diseases
• Department of Veterans Affairs
– Identify releasing Veterans
– Target available resources through the VA
• Department of Mental Health and Addiction
– Collaborate to apply for federal funds regarding
coordination of Mental Health and substance abuse
services
Volunteers
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The Department utilizes over 9500 volunteers
providing multiple services – religious, education,
substance abuse and individual mentoring
PLUS
NA/AA
Parenting programs
Bible study
Pre-release re-entry programs
Volunteers provide about 115,000 hours of service
for the Indiana Department of Correction.
Keeping Score
• Re-entry Report Cards
– submitted monthly by parole and all facilities
• Collecting data
– participation in the CLIFF and PLUS programs
– participants conduct prior to participation and measures of
change.
• Tracking returns to the DOC following completion of
substance abuse treatment, PLUS programming and
education
– 6 months, 12 months, and 36 months.
• Quarterly Reporting to General Assembly on progress and
results of strategic plan objectives