Community Corrections Chapter 11 In Your Textbook John Massey Criminal Justice

Community Corrections Reintegration Reintegration –Prepare offender for return back to the community –Prevent a return to a life of crime –Drug Treatment, Work Programs –Missouri, Texas Diversion Diversion –Divert offenders from prison and jail –Net widening

Community Corrections Probation Probation –Most common form of punishment in the U.S. –Community rather than imprisoned –Rules, Do’s and Don’ts Incarceration and Probation Incarceration and Probation –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 Probation violations Probation violations –Technical errors –Jail or prison –Not eligible for probation Conditions Conditions –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 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 More restrictive than probation More restrictive than probation Less restrictive than imprisonment Less restrictive than imprisonment Aimed to ease overcrowding Aimed to ease overcrowding Boot Camps Boot Camps –Military style correctional facility (6-8 week program in some cases) –Sounds good on paper Day Reporting Centers Day Reporting Centers –Offender attend and stay each day during sentence –Under supervision, aimed at rehabilitating, programs/treatment ISP ISP –Intensive Supervision Probation – more strict, frequent surveillance and control

Intermediate Sanctions Home Confinement Home Confinement –Serve their sentence at home Electronic Monitoring Electronic Monitoring –-electronic device, ankle bracelet, strap on arm, on chest Halfway Houses Halfway Houses –Placed in community but in a place less restrictive than prison or jail Curfews Curfews