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September 23, 2010 Edwin G. Buss IDOC Commissioner

2010 Annual Meeting of the Judicial Conference. September 23, 2010 Edwin G. Buss IDOC Commissioner. What We Do. Contain potential dangerous convicted felons, preventing them from reoffending within their communities

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September 23, 2010 Edwin G. Buss IDOC Commissioner

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  1. 2010 Annual Meetingof the Judicial Conference September 23, 2010 Edwin G. Buss IDOC Commissioner

  2. What We Do • Contain potential dangerous convicted felons, preventing them from reoffending within their communities • Decrease likelihood convicted offenders will reoffend upon transition back into their communities

  3. Vision & Mission As the model of public safety, the Indiana Department of Correction returns productive citizens to our communities and supports a culture of inspiration, collaboration, and achievement. The Indiana Department of Correction advances public safety and successful re-entry through dynamic supervision, programming, and partnerships.

  4. Adult Facility Locations Female Facilities SECURITY LEVELS 1=MINIMUM 2=MEDIUM 3=MAXIMUM Male Facilities

  5. Juvenile Facility Locations Female Facilities Male Facilities

  6. Agency Structure • 9 Parole Districts Bloomington (PD 5) Evansville (PD 4-A) Fort Wayne (PD 2) Gary (PD 6) Indianapolis (PD 3) New Castle (PD 7) South Bend (PD 8) Terre Haute (PD 4-B) Re-entry (PD 1)

  7. COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS Participating Counties Participating Counties Effective July 1, 2010

  8. INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION TOTAL IDOC POPULATION COMPARED TO CAPACITY 2003-2013 Available beds assumes that the IDOC utilizes 1,566 jail beds, per our current contract with counties, in addition to our facility and contract beds. Population numbers include all IDOC adult and juvenile inmates incarcerated in state facilities, local jails, and contract facilities.

  9. PERCENT CHANGE IN STATE PRISON POPULATIONS 2008 - 2009

  10. Appropriation Timeline forState Funded Prison Expansion Projects Expanded housing units: Putnamville Correctional Facility New facility: New Castle Correctional Facility Expanded housing units: Pendleton Correctional Facility New Maximum Control Complex: Westville Correctional Facility New facility, phase I: Miami Correctional Facility New facility, phase II: Miami Correctional Facility 1980198519901995200020052010 New Facility: Wabash Valley Correctional Facility New facility: Pendleton Juvenile Correctional Facility New facility: Correctional Industrial Facility Expanded housing units: Branchville Correctional Facility Expanded housing units: Putnamville Correctional Facility

  11. Biggest Challenges • What to do with increasing number of very short term offenders • Where to place the most serious offenders

  12. Indiana Department of CorrectionLength of Prison StayFor Those Released in 2009

  13. Where to Place Most Serious Offenders • Forecasts predict an increase of 600 high-security offenders in the next two years • Increase due to longer sentences received by serious offenders • IDOC is out of available celled space. • Adjusting classification to fit population

  14. Managing Population • Facility Forward • Retooled disciplinary sanctions • Created STOP unit • Added less-than-ideal bed locations • Changed classification procedures to fit capacity • Increased Community Corrections diversions

  15. Managing Population • Reduced technical parole revocations in favor of alternative sanctions • Increased array of earned credit time programs (DOL and PLUS) • Strategically targeted sentence modifications through initiatives like “Incarceration with a Purpose”

  16. Recent IDOC Achievements • Exemplary Offender Program of the Year received by CLIFF program from American Correctional Association • Offender Program of the Year received by PLUS program from American Correctional Chaplains’ Association • Indiana’s first Correctional Police Officer Force

  17. The Indiana Department of Correction “Purposeful Incarceration” A Partnership Between the Department of Correction and the Courts

  18. History

  19. IDOC Therapeutic Communities

  20. Purpose

  21. Communication with the Court

  22. Locations of the Therapeutic Communities Therapeutic Communities C.L.I.F.F. Therapeutic Communities

  23. What are the Advantages

  24. Director of Programs: Jerry Vance jvance@idoc.in.gov 317-232-1593 Contact Information

  25. QUESTIONS?

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