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REENTRY
THE PROCESS OF INTEGRATING OFFENDERS BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY AFTER RELEASE FROM JAIL OR PRISON.
COEQUAL STAFFING
PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE COMPARABLE PAY AND BENEFITS FOR THOSE WHO WORK IN THE JAIL TO THAT FOR PEOPLE WHO WORK ON THE STREETS AS LAW ENFORCEMENT IN SHERIFFS’ DEPARTMENTS
AFFORDABLE CARE ACT
AS LONG AS AN INMATE IS NOT CONVICTED, THEY ARE ABLE TO SIGN UP FOR MEDICAID OR QUALIFIED HEALTH PLANS WHILE THEY ARE IN JAIL.
RIGHTS TO MEDICAL CARE
ACCORDING TO THE 1976 SUPREME COURT CASE ESTELLE V. GAMBLE, INMATES HAVE A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO REASONABLE MEDICAL CARE. THE COURT HELD THAT TO BE DELIBERATELY INDIFFERENT TO THE MEDICAL NEEDS OF INMATES WOULD VIOLATE THE EIGHTH AMENDMENT PROHIBITION AGAINST CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT.
PRISON MISCONDUCT (PREA)
- PRISON GANGS, RIOTS, SEXUAL MISCONDUCT
- PRISON RAPE ELIMINATION ACT OF 2003: REQUIRES PRISONS/JAILS (ADULT AND JUVENILE) TO IMPLEMENT CHANGES TO REDUCE SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN CUSTODY (BETWEEN INMATES AND BETWEEN INMATES AND STAFF). REQUIRES THE REPORTING OF INCIDENCES OF RAPE/SEXUAL ASSAULT.
OVERCROWDING
- THE NUMBER OF INMATES EXCEEDS THE PHYSICAL CAPACITY (BEDS AND SPACE) AVAILABLE.
- OVERCROWDING LIMITS THE ABILITY OF THE JAIL TO FULFILL ITS MULTIFACETED MISSION. THERE WILL BE LESS PROGRAMMING, HEALTH AND MAINTENANCE SYSTEMS WILL BE OVERTAXED, AND STAFF WILL BE STRESSED BY THE INCREASED DEMANDS ON THEIR TIME AND THE INABILITY TO MEET ALL INMATE NEEDS. INMATES WILL BECOME FRUSTRATED AND PROBLEMS WILL ENSUE.
STATIC RISK FACTORS
CHARACTERISTICS OF AN OFFENDER THAT DO NOT CHANGE (SUCH AS PRIOR ARRESTS, AGE AT THE TIME OF FIRST CONVICTION, OR OTHER CRIMINAL HISTORY VARIABLES.
DYNAMIC RISK FACTORS
CRIMINOGENIC NEEDS: CHARACTERISTICS OR VARIABLES ABOUT THE OFFENDER THAT CAN CHANGE (SUCH AS EDUCATION, SUBSTANCE ABUSE, JOB TRAINING).
FORMAL RISK ASSESSMENT TOOLS
USED BY JAILS, PRISONS, PROBATION, PAROLE, DOJ, TREATMENT PROVIDERS, AND OTHER AGENCIES WORKING WITH OFFENDERS.
3 PHONE CALLS
- THE ARRESTING AGENCY MUST OFFER THEIR ARRESTEE 3 PHONE CALLS:
- FAMILY MEMBER/LOVED ONE.
- ATTORNEY
- BAIL BONDS AGENCY.
- EXCEPTIONS: NO BAIL HOLDS (PROBATION/PAROLE), DO NOT PROVIDE THE THIRD CALL BECAUSE THE OFFENDER IS NOT GRANTED BAIL, AND WILL NEED TO SEE THE JUDGE FIRST.
JAILS
HOUSES OFFENDERS AWAITING TRIAL, OR SERVING A SENTENCE OF LESS THAN A YEAR, BUT NOT ALWAYS.