1. Maine Board of Corrections March 25, 2009 Maine’s Unified Correctional System Design Development Process Discussion Presents: ONE MAINE ONE MAINE ONE SYSTEM ONE SYSTEM

2. Mission, Goals, Guiding Principles

3. MISSION The mission of the Board of Corrections is to design, guide and invest strategically in the development of a unified state and county corrections system and to sustain and manage the system in order to accomplish the following goals:

4. Goals Reduces recidivism; Increases pretrial diversion and post conviction release; Reduces the rate and use of incarceration; Achieves efficiencies; and Reduces the rate of growth in the cost of corrections

5. Guiding Principles A Unified State and County Corrections System that: Reduces risk through the use of Evidence Based Practices and encourages sentencing in accordance with risk; Creates an integrated, regional system built on the strengths of the existing state and county facilities and services and is based on differentiated missions; Is a stewardship approach that manages and maintains the existing assets and resources for the maximum benefit and invests strategically to accomplish system goals;

6. Guiding Principles, cont Allows innovation, but is collaboratively based and recognizes that decisions about change and its management are shared; Creates incentives for us all to work together and promotes cohesion;

7. Guiding Principles, cont Is consistent with the compromise enacted in Public Law 653; Incorporates the recommendations of the Corrections Alternatives Advisory Committee and the two plans developed by the state and the counties;

8. Guiding Principles, cont Meets the system’s needs for risk management and security housing; and Works in concert with other policy makers including the Legislature, the Judiciary and the Sentencing Council. Involves and includes local stakeholders including prosecutors, local law enforcement, and others

9. Objectives Mission Change: Develop a plan for every correctional facility & county jail use and purpose within the adopted unified correctional system design; Program Improvements: Adopt consistent statewide standards and policies, such as but not limited to: –Pretrial, alternative sentence, revocation and reentry programs; –Inmates with mental illness; –Coordinated transportation system of inmates in the unified correctional system –Improved use of technology Achieve Efficiencies: Develop a method to identify and manage the cost of corrections to achieve systemic cost savings and invest these savings strategically

10. Correctional Service Delivery System How do we incorporate the existing state and county facilities and programs into a systems approach?

11. A Snapshot of Current Facilities: County Jails County Jails

12. A Snapshot of Current Facilities: County Pre-Release Centers County Jails County Pre-Release Centers

13. A Snapshot of Current Facilities: State of Maine Facilities

14. A Snapshot of Current Facilities: Adult Community Corrections

15. Correctional Services Can we categorize correctional services in a way that assists in creating service districts?

16. Service Catchment Categories Acute/high risk Long sentenced offenders; specialty programs for high risk, high needs Reentry Services: intensive interventions for high risk offenders returning to the community Probation services Services that require access to courts, community services for primarily lower risk offenders:

17. Community and court based services Services that are community based: arrests, bail, court appearances, probation Services that allow an offender to retain community, employment, treatment and family connections; primarily lower risk offenders Examples: Short term holding facilities; diversion programs; alternatives to incarceration; short sentences, revocation centers, day reporting

18. Probation Services Services that are accessible to courts and community services Allow for consistent risk based supervision and case management Leadership in risk assessment, case management Support reentry and alternatives to incarceration

19. Reentry Services Services that support successful return to community, employment, family, treatment High risk offenders Access to supportive community services and resources Structured supervision

20. Long Sentenced Offenders/Specialized Interventions Services that provide appropriate security levels (medium security and higher) and programs for offenders with sentences of 9 months or longer Specialized treatment and transition programs for high risk offenders, sex offenders and substance abuse treatment Specialized interventions for female offenders, cultural approaches

21. Acute/High Risk Services that provide appropriate security level for high risk offenders (sentenced and pretrial) Services that provide appropriate treatment or intervention for acute needs (infirmary, inpatient mental health)

22. As the system evolves, it’s important to note that one size does not fit all in this process. The remainder of this presentation focuses on correctional service delivery based on Service Catchment Regions and Statewide Needs

23. Recommended New System 1. Four Correctional Services Regions (based on aggregates of Judicial Districts) 12 TO 72 Hour holding facilities as necessary based on need/cost/ benefit Pretrial Facilities (Pretrial & Sentences of 90 days or less) Full service jails (adult male/female, all classification, pretrial, & sentences up to 9 months) Pretrial and Alternative Sentencing Programs Community Corrections/Probation Services Reentry Centers/work release Victim Services

25. 2.Statewide Services –Acute Needs and High Risk –Medical Infirmary & Medical Step Down Units –Mental Health Unit(s), Stabilization & Inpatient Treatment –Substance Abuse Treatment Unit(s) –Sex Offender Treatment Unit(s) –High Risk Housing (Pretrial and Convicted) –Sentences of 9 months or longer –Victim Services

26. Statewide System Needs: Infirmary Services Maine State Prison - Warren Cumberland County Jail York County Jail MCC - Windham

27. Implementation Priorities and Timeline How does the Board develop its plan for implementing the system design? We cannot do it all, at once, everywhere

28. Phased Approach To System Design Phase 1 – July 1, 2009 – June 30, 2010 Phase 2 – July 1, 2010 – June 30, 2011 Phase 3 – July 1, 2011 – June 30, 2012

29. Service Catchment Categories Acute/high risk Long sentenced offenders; specialty programs for high risk, high needs Reentry Services: intensive interventions for high risk offenders returning to the community Probation services Services that require access to courts, community services for primarily lower risk offenders: Phase 2 Phase 1 Phase 3

30. Priority Timeline Phase 1: Cost Reduction and Slowing the Growth in Costs –Major mission changes –Pretrial Services/diversion –Transportation –Pilot Reentry –Bail notification – victims –Performance measurement system Goals Efficiencies/cost Acute/high risk Long sentenced offenders; specialty programs for high risk, high needs Reentry Services: intensive interventions for high risk offenders returning to the community Probation services Services that require access to courts, community services for primarily lower risk offenders:

31. Priority Timeline Phase 2: Achieving Greater Efficiencies and Reducing the Growth in Costs –Reentry Services –Alternatives to Incarceration –Transition Services –Food Services/Commissary Acute/high risk Long sentenced offenders; specialty programs for high risk, high needs Reentry Services: intensive interventions for high risk offenders returning to the community Probation services Services that require access to courts, community services for primarily lower risk offenders:

32. Priority Timeline Phase 3: Improved Services and Systems of Care –Specialty Services –Standardize Medical Acute/high risk Long sentenced offenders; specialty programs for high risk, high needs Reentry Services: intensive interventions for high risk offenders returning to the community Probation services Services that require access to courts, community services for primarily lower risk offenders:

33. Accomplishing the Priorities Review and change mission for the facilities in each region to accomplish the priority objective Revise the laws as need to accomplish the priority Add capacity (not beds) for the board and the system Identify the investment needs, savings from efficiencies and resource allocation decisions Develop standardized policies and practices

34. Phase 1 Cost Reduction and Slowing the Growth in Costs July 1, 2009 – June 30, 2010 County Jail Mission changes: pretrial Statutory changes Create director for pretrial/diversion/reentry Investment of pretrial $; access federal assistance Policy development for pretrial and home release Pretrial services based on 4 regional contracts Pilot reentry center Transportation HUBS Performance measurement

35. Phase 1 County Jail Mission Changes Piscataquis – Up to 72 hr Hold. Franklin – Up to 72 hr Hold. Oxford– Waldo – Up to 72 hr Hold/Reentry Coastal Service Region

36. Phase 2 Achieving Greater Efficiencies and Reducing the Growth in Costs July 1, 2010 – June 30, 2011 Expand reentry services statewide Mission changes for remaining 3 reentry locations Policy development Investment decisions

37. Reentry Model Flow Chart Initial Classification: Appropriate security/programming housing placement Custody Screening, LSI & Case Plans Low Risk SCCP, Home Release or Day Reporting Moderate & High Risk Community Based Residential Reentry Centers SCCP or Home Release Released

38. Remaining to serve 6 to 18 month on sentences. LSI Applied to Determine Risk Offenders Risk of Reoffending High Risk Moderate Risk Low Risk Case Plan determines program treatment needed to reduce individual Offenders risk of reoffending. Note: LSI & Case Plans need to be implemented at part of Facility Classifications early on in sentence. Low Risk To Supervised Community Confinement, Home Release or Day Reporting. Moderate & High Risk To Reentry Centers Locations: Southern, Central, Coastal & Northern Facility Service Regions Reentry Center Supervised Community Confinement or Home Release Adult Community Supervision Proposed Conceptual Reentry Program Model

39. Phase 3 Improved Services and Systems of Care July 1, 2011 – June 30, 2012 Create specialty units for mental health, substance abuseCreate specialty units for mental health, substance abuse Infirmary servicesInfirmary services Consistent medical servicesConsistent medical services Gender responsive programsGender responsive programs Culturally appropriate servicesCulturally appropriate services

40. Investment and Funding

41. Investment Fund $3.5 million request represents –Savings from mission changes in 4 counties; –75% reduction in initial budget submissions of remaining 12 counties

42. Budget Issues 1.Process for:  Reinvestment from Mission Changes  “Scrub” County Budgets 2.Can we “book” savings from efficiencies (transportation in FY10, pretrial/reentry FY11) 3.Federal Grant Funds availability 4.General Fund Appropriation 5.Resource allocation:  Reallocate CCA and fine revenue  Eliminate Boarding Rates

43. Boarding Rates No board rates; costs built into each facility’s budget Federal board rates

44. Statutory Changes

45. Legislative Proposals Efficiencies in the Transportation of Prisoners Home Release Monitoring Program Early Release of Terminally Ill or Severely Medically Incapacitated Prisoners Expand the Maine Governmental Facilities Authority’s Ability to Include County Correctional Facilities Certificate of Need Process Process and Standards for Closing or Downsizing a Correctional Facility or a County Jail Boarding rates, fund balances, DOC budget