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On March 16, 2004 the Governor appointed a new Commissioner of the Department of Corrections, Kathleen Dennehy. The CJPC views the current conditions within prisons as counter productive to the safety of our communities.
As detailed in a February letter to the Governor, the CJPC hopes that Commissioner Dennehy will work to make substantive, corrective changes such as:
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As detailed in a February letter to the Governor, the CJPC hopes that Commissioner Dennehy will work to make substantive, corrective changes such as:
- preparing offenders for their ultimate release to the community beginning on the day they enter prison; bullet utilizing validated risk and need assessment tools that measure the likelihood for reoffending, either the LSI-R©
- or Compass©, to make classification and treatment decisions;
- establishing estimated release dates that can be used for case planning purposes;
- basing release and revocation decisions on actuarial risk of reoffending;
- having a system of post-incarceration supervision driven by an offender’s risk level of reoffending;
- having rational policies regarding discharge from post-release supervision for offenders who pose minimal risk to the community;
- using evidence-based principles for effective interventions, including motivational interviewing and cognitive behavioral programming to address criminogenic factors; and
- participating in active partnerships with state and local level human service and corrections agencies to respond to the needs of returning offenders.
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