Transcript D2: Community Corrections

Community Corrections
Chapter 11 In Your Textbook
John Massey
Criminal Justice
Community Corrections
 Reintegration
– Prepare offender for return back to the community
– Prevent a return to a life of crime
– Drug Treatment, Work Programs
– Missouri, Texas
 Diversion
– Divert offenders from prison and jail
– Net widening
Community Corrections
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Probation
– Most common form of punishment in the U.S.
– Community rather than imprisoned
– Rules, Do’s and Don’ts
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Incarceration and Probation
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Split sentencing, combine the both
Jail and prison, then probation
Shock probation – go to jail or prison briefly, then probation automatically
Shock incarceration – sentences to jail/prison, after a while can ask to be
released on probation
Probation: Conditions & Violations
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Probation violations
– Technical errors
– Jail or prison
– Not eligible for probation
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Conditions
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Report regularly to PO
Notify change of address, updated information
Employment, cannot leave town, drug testing
Some offenders like prison better than probation
Probation Officer
– Huge caseloads
– Can’t focus on every offender
– Goal is to guide offender successfully through sentence, check in on
them and make sure they meet requirements
Intermediate Sanctions
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More restrictive than probation
Less restrictive than imprisonment
Aimed to ease overcrowding
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Boot Camps
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– Military style correctional facility (6-8 week program in some cases)
– Sounds good on paper
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Day Reporting Centers
– Offender attend and stay each day during sentence
– Under supervision, aimed at rehabilitating, programs/treatment
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ISP
– Intensive Supervision Probation – more strict, frequent surveillance and
control
Intermediate Sanctions
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Home Confinement
– Serve their sentence at home
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Electronic Monitoring
– -electronic device, ankle bracelet, strap on
arm, on chest
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Halfway Houses
– Placed in community but in a place less
restrictive than prison or jail
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Curfews