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RE-ENTRY PROGRAMS AND RURAL JAILS

RE-ENTRY PROGRAMS AND RURAL JAILS. Frank R. Hecht Corrections Administrator Tohono O’odham Nation. RURAL/SMALL JAILS. An Overview * rural jails make up the majority of jails * resources and funding is limited house federal inmates for funds * staffing is difficult

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RE-ENTRY PROGRAMS AND RURAL JAILS

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  1. RE-ENTRY PROGRAMSAND RURAL JAILS Frank R. Hecht Corrections Administrator Tohono O’odham Nation

  2. RURAL/SMALL JAILS An Overview * rural jails make up the majority of jails * resources and funding is limited house federal inmates for funds * staffing is difficult inmates poorly supervised inmate/inmate aslt.

  3. RURAL JAILS • STAFFING cont’d suicide challenges of healthcare/related issues BUDGET * patrol vs jail community expectations RURAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM * lacks resources * slow adjudication process * lacks referral resources cjs last to receive services

  4. WHY REENTRY PROGRAMS? • Statistics • 1000 offenders added weekly • 2.6% increase from mid 2004/2005 • 33,500 gain in jail offenders • Largest since 1997 • 4.7% increase compared to 1.6% state/fed.prisons • 62% offenders in jail awaiting trial

  5. WHY REENTRY PROGRAMS? • OPPORTUNITIES • Substance abuse • Limited/no education • Mental illness • Lack of housing • Lack of basic living skills • Gangs • The list goes on…but this equals OPPORTUNITES

  6. WHY REENTRY PROGRAMS? BENEFITS * Critical element of PUBLIC SAFETY * Need more research * Corrections facility * Community * Corrections Staff * Offenders Family

  7. WHY REENTRY PROGRAMS? • PRE-RELEASE • Prepares offender • System wide approach • Reduces potential for conflict • Assists in successful adjudication • Provides for PUBLIC SAFETY • Prepares family and offender • Must start in the jail

  8. TYPES OF RE-ENTRY PROGRAMS • PROGRAM DESIGN BASED UPON • Local resources • Community values/support • CJS priorities • Local community issues • Jail crowding/challenges • Funding • Offenders pop/characteristics

  9. TYPES OF RE-ENTRY PROGRAMS • TYPES OF PROGRAMS * Work Release * Day Reporting/Resource Center * Pretrial Release Program SERVICES OFFERED * Job Development * Literacy/GED * Family Preservation

  10. TYPES OF RE-ENTRY PROGRAMS • SERVICES • Parenting • Substance Abuse • Gang Resistance/Education • Anger Management • Healthcare/HIV education • Drug testing • Mental Health screening/Med.Mgmnt.

  11. TYPES OF RE-ENTRY PROGRAMS • ESSENTIAL COMPONENT • PUBLIC SAFETY • Accountability • Closely monitored • Telephonic • Field surv. • Scheduling • COMMUNICATION

  12. DESIGN COMPONENTS • CRITICAL ELEMENTS • PARTNERSHIPS • Community Advisory Group • People support what they help create • Jail Liaison • Program Costs • Planning • Program Evaluation

  13. DESIGN COMPONENTS • CRITICAL ELEMENTS • Funding • Regional Jails • Regional Re-entry/resource sharing • COLLABORATION+COOPERATION • Provides for accountability • Maximization of resources • Accountability/Public safety • Without it there will be no support

  14. DESIGN COMPONENTS • LIMITS The only limits there are are those placed upon Ourselves Use your imagination REMEMBER: You cant eat an elephant in one bite

  15. INDIAN COUNTRY JAILS • INSPECTOR GENERALS REPORT • Bia “remiss in meeting their responsibilities in providing safe and secure detention services” • INDIAN COUNTRY JAILS • Majority rural/vastly rural/isolated • History of neglect/little-no funding

  16. INDIAN COUNTRY JAILS • TYPES • Bureau/Tribal/PL-638 Operated • Adult and Juv. or combined • Share some of the same challenges as other rural jails across America • RE-ENTRY PROGRAMS • For the most part they don’t exist • “restorative justice” model • NEED TO EDUCATE/ADVOCATE

  17. RECOMMENDATIONS • CONDUCT RESEARCH/SURVEYS • AJA/NSA/ACA • EDUCATE • ASSOCIATION CONFERENCES • NATIONAL/LOCAL • STATE JUDICIARY MEETINGS • ASSOCIATION PUBLICATIONS • DOJ/NIC/BJA PUBLICATIONS

  18. RECOMMENDATIONS • REGIONALIZATION • PROMOTE REGIONAL RESOURCE CENTERS • Include Indian Country Corrections

  19. CONCLUSION • WE CANT JUST “WAREHOUSE” PEOPLE • REMEMBER: THE MOST SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE DON’T HAVE THE BEST OF EVERYTHING THEY MAKE THE BEST OF EVERYTHING THEY HAVE

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