Presenter:

Rev. Tammy Garrett-Williams

with Panel Discussion

Who am I?

What is my purpose here today?

How does this topic relate to the me?

What is my goal here today?

People who wear “Invisible Handcuffs”

IN

Community Corrections

ARE

INCARCERATED

Jail(Diversion)Probation

DOCDepartment of Correction

(Transitional)Parole

CommunityCorrections(ComCor)

Found Guilty

The Board

Non-ResidentialContinual Supervision by

ComCor/Probation

ParoleeContinual Supervision by

DOC/Parole

Acceptance

Between 18 – 19 Century (1788 – 1805) The first

Halfway House was established in London, and

Was developed for neglected and delinquent

children. The ages range was children under 21

with the youngest child being 10 years old. (cited

from NCJRS 50901)

However, when it comes to Colorado we are unsure

of its start time for community corrections, but we

assume it begun in the early 70’s estimated 1974 (see page titled How old…. in your handout)

Ncjrs.gov

Today’s Colorado Halfway House holds

approximately 3k+ offenders annually. The age range varies, from 18 – 62+ years of age.

Colorado currently has over 20+ Community

Corrections Centers.

The general assembly hereby declares that it is the purpose of this article to establish and maintain community corrections programs which provide the courts, the department of corrections, and the state board of parole with more flexibility and a broader range of correctional options for offenders under the jurisdiction of such entities. It is the further purpose of this article to increase public safety and promote community-based correctional programming through collaboration between the state of Colorado and local units of government. It is also the purpose of this article to give local units of government the authority to designate the programs, boards, and networks established under this article to address local criminal justice needs with resources other than those appropriated pursuant to this article. http://web.lexisnexis.com/

Modern “Halfway Houses” (Colorado Model) Serve several types of offenders under current

legal jurisdiction ▫Diversion – “halfway in” prison ▫Transition – “halfway out” of prison ▫Condition of Parole ▫Condition of Probation Regulated and funded by the State of

Colorado – Division of Criminal Justice Co-regulated and funded by local community

corrections boards

http://www.colorado.gov/ccjjdir/Resources/Resources/Hando

ut/2013/2013-05-10_CommunityCorrectionsOverview.pdf

Funding Basics State Paid Per Diem - $37.74 ($41.34) DailyRate All programs for basic residential services Differential Per Diem– (various rates) Applied only to specialized programs Offender-Paid Subsistence - $17.00 Daily Rate Actual subsistence (rent) collections - $11-12daily http://www.colorado.gov/ccjjdir/Resources/Resources/Handout/2013/2013

05-10_CommunityCorrectionsOverview.pdf

State funding of $37.34 paid directly to the

Facility is supposed to cover supervision of the

offender. Does include basis needs roof over

their head, food.

Resident payment (Subsistence) of $17.00 is

suppose to be for the resident’s rent. (Does not

include restitution, therapy, medical, etc.)

Over half of residential community correctionsclients were Caucasian, and they were the most likely to succeed

(62%). African Americanclients were the least likely to be successful in

residential community corrections, with only 49% being successfully terminated. However, recidivism rates for these

two groups were very similar. Recidivism rates for Caucasian clients were 16% at one year and

27% at two years, compared to 17% and 28% for African American clients.

Female clients succeeded somewhat more often than men (63% compared to 57%) and had lower

recidivism rates. Women recidivated at rates of 11% after one year and 26% after two years, whereas

the one- and two-year rates for men were 18% and 31%, respectively. http://www.colorado.gov/ccjjdir

Ex-Resident – Wandalynn Grier

Attorney – Whitney Leeds

Family/Friend Support – Sandra Stevens-Little

Empowerment – Mickie Lewis

Outreach Specialist – Nicole Harrison

We will break into groups for about 15 min.

Each group will have 1 leader to gather and ask

questions of our panel.

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The panel is now open