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Parole Officer
An official appointed or sworn to investigate, report on, and supervise the conduct of convicted offenders those released from incarceration to community supervision
Who completes/approves a home plan?
A parole agent
What is included with approving a home plan?
Home plan must meet approve guidelines and the home provider must agree to searches
What is the paroling process?
Review report, review conditions (standard or special), contact at approved home plan, assess and assign level of supervision, contact requirements (urine, office, collaterals), and search when reasonable suspicion parole has been violated
What is a greensheet?
Issued notifying of release of rejection, lists parole conditions, release date if granted
What are the levels of supervision for parole?
Minimum, Medium, Maximum, and Intensive
What is the violation process of parole?
Sanction, fugitive = warrant, arrest, arrest plan, transportation, arrest report, arrest packet, hearing scheduled
When is a parole revocation hearing held?
30 days after violation
When is a parole preliminary hearing held?
5 days after violation
What happens during a parole revocation hearing?
Must prove beyond preponderance of evidence, hearing examiner presides, greensheet generated, and new criminal charges (violation + lose any/all street time)
What is civil commitment?
In the case of a sexually violent offender, this would be where a judge declares that an offender is not ready to be release yet for an indefinite period of time
What are the three tiers of Meganâs law?
Tier 1: 15 years, Tier 2: 25 years, Tier 3: Lifetime registration
What are the rules of Meganâs law?
Register at designated locations, notify of status changes, and failure to register = penalty of up to 10 yearsâ imprisonment
What is the process of releasing sexually violent predators?
Nearing release, hearing held by parole board to determine SVP status, active notification done by State Police and local police, flyers and community notification, school districts, day care, and victims (OVA)
What is the criteria of being a sexually violent predator?
A history of sexually harmful conduct, a current mental disorder, risk of future sexually harmful conduct, and link between the mental disorder and the risk of future sexual violence
Sexual Offender Treatment in Prison
Mandatory attendance and participation and if offender fail to comply, he or she will be considered for parole
What does the containment model triangle of supervision for sexual offenders?
Treatment to develop internal control over deviant thoughts, supervision and surveillance to control external behaviors, polygraph examinations to monitor conformance to treatment plans and supervision conditions
Who is the treatment team for the multi-disciplinary approach?
Police, probation and parole, treatment provider, mental health provider, and victim witness services
Penile Plethysmograph
A measurement of blood flow to the penis
Mission of Corrections
Protection of society
Who was Alexander Maconochie?
Father of Parole
What was Alexander Maconochieâs theory?
Punishment should focus of reform: indeterminate sentencing system and a âmark systemâ where inmates could earn early release by good behavior
What is Maconochieâs Four Stages of Release?
Penal stage, associated stage, social stage, ticket to leave
What are the 5 security levels of federal bureau of prisons?
Minimum, low, medium, high, administrative (supermax)
What are the 3 security levels of federal bureau of prisons?
Minimum, medium, and maximum
What is minimum housing like in a federal bureau of prisons?
Dormitory housing, limited fencing
What is low housing like in a federal bureau of prisons?
Mostly dormitory housing, work programs
What is medium housing like in a federal bureau of prisons?
Electronic fencing, housed in cells
What is high housing like in a federal bureau of prisons?
High security, close control of inmate movement
What is supermax housing like in a federal bureau of prisons?
Segregated housing and constant surveillance
What is minimum housing like in a state prisons?
Have minimal fencing, lower security communications, more programming, more dormitory style housing
What is medium housing like in a state prisons?
Have more fencing, razor wire, electronic fencing, higher security classifications, some programming, mostly block style housing, more control of inmate movement
What is maximum housing like in a state prisons?
Have most fencing with electronic controls, highest security classifications (escape risk), little to no programming, segregation, little inmate movement, may be locked down up to 23 hours per day
What is the purpose of re-entry?
Prepare for a successful return home after incarceration in SCI, help them become law abiding citizens, and assist them in obtaining life-sustaining employment
What are the challenges of re-entry?
Homelessness
Employment
Lack of skills
Lack of support
Addiction
Mental illness
Peer influence
Specialized caseloads work best when dealing with _____ offenders
Special
What percentage of offenders are addicts?
85%
How does treatment for drug offenders occur?
Begins in prison, inmates are assessed and score determines treatment needs, residential treatment blocks focus on addiction and sobriety, treatment continues post-release mandated by parole board and must be ongoing
What are 5 ways to detect use of drugs/alcohol?
Monitor behavior changes, urinalysis/breathalyzer, and searches/contraband, collateral contacts, and ask direct questions
Mentally Ill Offender Characteristics
More likely to have disciplinary problems, recidivism risk is greater, ž women incarcerated and ½ of men are receiving MH treatment, assessed upon inception, determination is made for treatment and/or meds, treatment needs to continue post release and be ongoing
Home/Collateral Contacts
Used in probation or parole cases to monitor compliance with court-ordered conditions
What are the characteristics of womenâs prison culture?
Form close relationships with other female inmates as support structure, pseudo families: mimic the families they have on the street, sexual activity mostly for emotional bond, inmate code not as important, donât hesitate to talk to staff (no snitch stigma), and greater stress and depression/mental health issues due to separation from family and children
What are the characteristics of menâs prison culture?
Adapt by isolation, avoid inmates and problems, may turn to gang for protection and/or financial benefit, and sexual activity mostly for gratification or control/violence
Who was Elizabeth Fry?
English woman, Quaker, advocate for womenâs rights early 1800âs
What did Elizabeth Fry advocate for?
Hiring female guards, separating women from men, and decreasing hard labor for women
Greenholtz v. Inmates of the Nebraska Penal and Correctional Complex
Parole is a privilege, not a right
What are some examples of public correctional systems?
ICE, Brig, and private prisons
ICE
Immigration and Customs Enforcements and houses illegal aliens pending hearing or deportation
Brig
U.S. military prisons and house offender convicted of violating the military justice codes
Private Prisons
Contracted by state or federal government to save money and operated for profit (Ex: Corrections Corporation of America)
Who is Sir Walton Crofton?
Director of Irish Penal System
What was Sir Walton Croftonâs theory?
Adopted Maconochieâs stages of graduated release and early releases had lower recidivism rates
When determining classification, what do they look at?
History (Criminal/family), escape risk, educational/programming needs, and special needs
Bruscino v. Carlson
U.S. Supreme Court allowed inmates to be locked in their cells ALL BUT 5 HOURS PER WEEK; why - security purposed because it was not a traditional prison, extremely dangerous individuals
Barefield v. Leach
Just because it costs more to the state to give programming to a smaller number of women vs. men, they still need to be provided with the same opportunities (1974)
Pargo v. Elliot
Difference in programming between male and female prisons did not violate equal protection
What are the 5 criteria to determine if prison programs are discriminatory (Pargo v. Elliot)
Number of inmates in a prison, prison security level, crimes committed by inmates, length of the sentences being served, other special characteristics staff see as reasons for program differences
Rhodes v. Chapman
Inmates double bunked in single cell is NOT a violation of 8th amendment and the inmates were allowed out of their cells most of the day with work and programs; why - totality of conditions
Who are some examples of CCC residents?
Parole cases, state intermediate punishment cases, flat 24 month sentence, 7 months in department cases, 2 months in a therapeutic community, 6 months in internation prisoner transfer
3 Penitentiary Act of 1891
Act of Congress that authorized the construction of the first three federal prisons
What is the history of womenâs prisons and what did they develop into?
Originally housed with men in separate cells and rape by guards was not uncommon; developed into cottage style design where they were trained in domestic roles like cooking, sewing, and cleaning
Why would someone be sent to a state prison?
Violating state crimes codes and sentenced to 1+ years incarceration
Where was the penal servitude act developed?
The British parliament based on Maconochieâs philosophies
What is the penal servitude act?
The act allowed prisoners to be released on a tick of leave which was supervised by the police
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