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CJPA Presenters

• Karen Dalton, DrPH, CJMDirector, Offender Services BureauLos Angeles County Sheriff’s Departmentksdalton@lasd.org

• M.J. Robb, MPADirector, Support ServicesContra Costa County Sheriff’s Officemrobb@so.cccounty.us

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CJPA Presenters

• Cammie Noah, MPAInmate Programs and Services ManagerSonoma County Sheriff’s Officecnoah@sonoma-county.org

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CJPA ~ California Jail Programs Association

• Goal at inception & today, 27 years later, remains the same

• Professionals united to create a voice for inmate programs

• Share best practices• Strength in numbers• Reduce recidivism & depopulate jails• Provide interventions for community

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History of CJPA

• Organized in 1984• Filed with State of California to obtain 501c3

status• Created CJPA constitution and by-laws• Established election of officers• Implemented quarterly meeting structure• Currently 32 counties represented; a few

hundred memberswww.cjpa.net

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CJPA Constitution• “To provide humane and decent conditions

essential to and compatible with the management of safe and secure jail facilities”

• Assure adherence to jail oversight standards

• Recognizes and supports the impact programming can have on reducing inmates tensions and stress

• Concurrently provide inmates constructive options to make life changes

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Inmate Education Plan

• Provide for academic education and/or vocational training programs for pretrial and sentenced inmates

• California Penal Code, Sections 6030 & 4018.5

• Title 15, Article 6 – Minimum Standards for Adult Local Detention Facilities

• California Education Code

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Title 15, Article 6

• Requires facilities provide

• Inmate education• Visiting• Correspondence• Library service• Recreational reading• Voting• Religious observances (RLUIPA)

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Organization Members

• Inmate Programs, Support Services, Operations, Administrative Services (directors, managers, coordinators, staff, and command staff)

• Recreational professionals• Detention facility command and line staff• Religious providers• Non-profit and CBO partners• Industry sponsors

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Role CJPA Plays to Support Programs

• Centralized, comprehensive resource for all counties

• CJPA designate at quarterly Corrections Standards Authority meetings

• In 2011, CJPA member appointed on Title 15 Regulations Revisions Committee panel

• Tailors trainings to address all levels of personnel working in jail programs, services, and administration

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Benefits to Members

• Professional social structure

• Venues and avenues to exchange ideas

• Share/promote best practices

• Training by leading industry professionals

• Opportunities to educate legislators, media, and the public about the positive interventions implemented throughout the State

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Educational Involvement

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Shared Resources

• Eliminates reinventing the wheel

• Easily replication of successful programs

• Quick and easy List Serve

• On-site access to jail programs statewide via quarterly meeting participation

• Promote successful programming

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AAT

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Vermiculture Program

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Training and Development

• Tailored to various areas of expertise

• State “regulations and standards” presentation from CDCR at annual CJPA conference

• National, state, and local experts participate in and present at quarterly meetings

• Concise delivery of information regarding goods/services from potential vendors

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Previous Training Topics• Legal Issues & Religious Practices – Carrie

Hill, ESQ (Monterey County)

• Education Based Incarceration & Evaluating Inmate Programs (Los Angeles County)

• “Manalive,” Violence Intervention and Prevention Training – Hamish Sinclair (Santa Cruz County)

• Bridging the Gap Between Programs and Custody Staff – (San Bernardino County)

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More Training Topics• Women in the Criminal Justice System –

Stephanie Covington, Ph.D. (Tulare County)

• Reducing Recidivism; Principles of Effective Intervention – Ed Latessa, Ph.D. (LA County)

• Justice Reform, “Dreams of the Monster Factory” – Sunny Schwartz, ESQ (Alameda County)

• Gender Responsiveness & Promising Jail Based Programs for Women Offenders –Barbara Bloom, Ph.D. (Sonoma County)

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Pew Center on the States

•  April 2011 report on recidivism and value of behavioral interventions • Risk/needs assessments• Case management• Transition planning/reentry strategy• Swift probation sanctions for violations• Research or evidenced-based programs • Creating incentives

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Successful Programming

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Overcoming Challenges• Budget/economic issues and their fiscal

impact on programs and services

• Generate and maximize revenue streams

– Establishing jail industry programs

– Inmate work crews

– Developing and/or growing volunteer programs to support paid program instructors

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Overcoming Challenges

– Grant proposals in collaboration with justice and community partners

– Consider increasing contracted like services, such as legal research

– Utilizing existing personnel for organizational cross training

– Engage community

– $$$ Diminishing budgets $$$

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PATHS – Mental Health Program

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Community Support

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INMATE WELFARE FUND INMATE SERVICES & PROGRAMS

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Inmate Welfare Fund

• The IWF is regulated by:– CA Penal Code Sections 4025 and 4026• Commissary• Inmate Vocational Programs

– Guidelines for use of revenue from these sources

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Inmate Welfare Fund• All services/programs are funded through

the INMATE WELFARE FUND (IWF)• IWF is revenue collected from various

sources:– Inmate telephone calls– Commissions from commissary sales– Sales of inmate industries products–Misc. revenue – Court reimbursements for

pro-per phone calls; recycling

• NO TAX DOLLARS ARE USED!5/16/2011

Program Funding: Contra Costa County, CA • FY 2009-10 IWF Budget - $1.7 million

• FY 2010-11 IWF Budget - $1.8 million

– Based on an ADP of 1,600

IWF Program Services is a division of the Custody Services Bureau and all program staff/volunteers work in collaboration with custody staff

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Inmate Services

• In California, there are two legally mandated services

– Legal services for pro-per inmates

– Religious services

• All other services – Discretionary

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WHAT PROGRAMS AND SERVICES DOES THE

INMATE WELFARE FUND PAY FOR?

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Inmate Services

• Legal Research: (Mandated)

– Legal Research Associates (LRA)

– Provides unlimited criminal, not civil*, legal assistance to court-appointed, pro-per inmates; limited to general population

* No civil issues unless mandated by law – Habeas Corpus, Civil Rights - Confinement

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Inmate Services

– Request form in modules

• Inmate completes; gives to deputy; deputy submits to CAS

• Documents returned within 72 hours (pro-per policy)

• Responsiveness and access to information reduces inmate stress

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Chaplain Services (Mandated)

• Counseling

• Worship services

• Bible studies

• Marriage information for inmates

• Approve religious diets

• Provide requested reading materials

All services are INMATE DRIVEN

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Educational Classes (Discretionary)

– Contra Costa County Office of Education• GED and high school diploma prep• Adult basic education• DEUCE – drug and alcohol education• Computer applications• Parenting • ESL – English as a Second Language• Literacy (collaboration with libraries)• Transitional services

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GED

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Vocational Classes (Discretionary)

• Woodshop• Inmate industries

– Engraving, Signage (including Braille), Vinyl, and Vehicle Decaling

• Picture framing

• Landscaping

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Agency Services (Discretionary)

• AA and NA• Domestic Violence• Veteran Affairs• SSI/Homeless Cooperative• Anger Management• Child Protective Services• Child Support Services• UC Davis Immigration Law Clinic• Women of Worth (WOW)

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Inmate Services

• Library Services – Provide inmates information

• Community programs

• Published information from phone book

• Limited copies of non-legal information

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IWF Provides– Newspapers– TVs• Direct TV

Services• Movie Rentals

– Equipment Repairs– DVD/VCR Players– Electric Razors

– Bus/BART Tickets– Sports Equipment– Inmate Rewards• Soda, Candy,

Popcorn– Hair Trimmers– Nail Clippers– Disinfectant Spray

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INTERNAL & EXTERNAL IMPACTS

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Buy -In

• Develop & solidify relationships

– Includes command/line/programs staff and volunteer providers

– Overwhelming support from CA Sheriff’s

– Promote agency transparency – invite the community inside

– Provide safety/security training bi-annually to all providers

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Local Reentry

• Tasked by federal and state governments to assume increased responsibility

– Realignment of state inmates to local level

– Provide EBP interventions for state prisoners

– Facilities contracting for state prisoners to boost agency revenues

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Collaboration with CBOs

• Creating/strengthening programs with clearly defined reintegration links

– In-custody → Probation → Community

– Implement risk assessment tool and apply targeted interventions to the high risk-to-reoffend

– Inmate case management

– Exit planning

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Quarterly Training

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Criminal Justice Planning

• Apply alternative diversionary programs

• Initiate day reporting centers or community correction service center

• Develop Education & Employment Program

– Napa’s outcome is an 85% employment rate

• Institute an Education Based Incarceration plan

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State Budget Impacts

• Fiscal impact on local budgets

• Collaboration, consensus building, partnerships key to success

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Join CJPA

www.cjpa.net$25 annually for non-voting member

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