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Prison Population Management

Prison Population Management. John Baldwin Director Iowa Department of Corrections. What factors have the greatest impact on the size of the prison population?. Crime Rates?. The Economy?. Unemployment?. 2. What factors have the greatest impact on the size of the prison population?.

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Prison Population Management

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  1. Prison Population Management John Baldwin Director Iowa Department of Corrections

  2. What factors have the greatest impact on the size of the prison population? Crime Rates? The Economy? Unemployment? 2

  3. What factors have the greatest impact on the size of the prison population? Sentencing Policies Corrections Practices 3

  4. Iowa: How we cleaned up our mess… 4

  5. …and brought our prison population under control 5

  6. TPC Model:Use effective interventions only Rated every state-funded intervention in CBCs and prisons on EBP principles Some programs eliminated; others improved 47% of CBC interventions are now Promising or Excellent (up from 26%) 6

  7. Prison Substance Abuse Tx:Are we meeting needs?

  8. Extent of Recidivism Reduction Recidivism Increase

  9. Extent of Recidivism Reduction Recidivism Increase

  10. Prison Substance Abuse Tx:Community aftercare is key. • Additional community support lowers rate of new conviction. • CBC Supervision • Substance abuse treatment/aftercare in CBC • But only 14.2% released to CBC receive additional substance abuse interventions.

  11. CBC Substance Abuse Tx:Are our programs effective? 11

  12. CBC Substance Abuse Tx:Effective for which offenders? 12

  13. TPC Model:Risk reduction is main focus 13

  14. Risk Reduction ForAfrican-American Offenders 14

  15. Iowa’s First Reentry ProgramResults 15

  16. CBC EffectivenessProven Results • A 10% drop in LSI-R score leads to a 6% reduction in recidivism for our highest risk probationers (U of Cincinnati 2008). • This research tell us our efforts to reduce offender risk through targeted interventions is working. The results are fewer crimes, fewer victims. 16

  17. CBC EffectivenessProven Results 17

  18. Commitment to Iowa CBC • Ranks 41st in offenders on community supervision per 100,000 adult residents. • Ranks 27th in the ratio of probationers to prisoners (BJS 2007), indicating judges’ trust in the quality of supervision and services provided by Iowa’s eight district departments of correctional services. 18

  19. Unfortunately…We stepped in it. 19

  20. Future: New record high? 20

  21. Questions? Questions? Questions? Questions? Questions? Questions?

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