Maine Board of Corrections March 18, 2009 Maine’s Unified Correctional System Design Development Process Discussion Corrections Working Group Presents: ONE MAINE ONE MAINE ONE SYSTEM ONE SYSTEM

Correctional Working Group Recommendations 1.Mission, goals and guiding principles 2.Correctional Service Delivery System 3.Implementation Priorities and Timeline 4.Specific Implementation Actions 5.Investment/Funding 6.Statutory Changes

Recommendation #1 Mission, Goals, Guiding Principles

Unified Correctional System Design/Development Process MISSION The mission of the Board of Corrections is to design, guide and invest strategically in the development of a unified state and county corrections system and to sustain and manage the system in order to accomplish the following goals:

Goals Reduces recidivism; Increases pretrial diversion and post conviction release; Reduces the rate and use of incarceration; Achieves efficiencies; and Reduces the rate of growth in the cost of corrections

Guiding Principles A Unified State and County Corrections System that: Reduces risk through the use of Evidence Based Practices and encourages sentencing in accordance with risk; Creates an integrated, regional system built on the strengths of the existing state and county facilities and services and is based on differentiated missions; Is a stewardship approach that manages and maintains the existing assets and resources for the maximum benefit and invests strategically to accomplish system goals;

Guiding Principles, cont Allows innovation, but is collaboratively based and recognizes that decisions about change and its management are shared; Creates incentives for us all to work together and promotes cohesion;

Guiding Principles, cont Is consistent with the compromise enacted in Public Law 653; Incorporates the recommendations of the Corrections Alternatives Advisory Committee and the two plans developed by the state and the counties;

Guiding Principles, cont Meets the system’s needs for risk management and security housing; and Works in concert with other policy makers including the Legislature, the Judiciary and the Sentencing Council.

Objectives Mission Change: Develop a plan for correctional facility & county jail use and purpose within the adopted unified correctional system design; Program Improvements: Adopt consistent statewide treatment standards and policies for: –Pretrial, alternative sentence, revocation and reentry programs; –Inmates with mental illness; –Coordinated transportation system of inmates in the unified correctional system Achieve Efficiencies: Develop a method to identify and manage the cost of corrections to achieve systemic cost savings and invest these savings strategically

Decision Time Recommendation #1: Mission, Goals, Guiding Principles

Recommendation #2 Correctional Service Delivery System How do we incorporate the existing state and county facilities and programs into a systems approach?

A Snapshot of Current Facilities: County Jails County Jails

A Snapshot of Current Facilities: County Pre-Release Centers County Jails County Pre-Release Centers

A Snapshot of Current Facilities: State of Maine Facilities

A Snapshot of Current Facilities: Adult Community Corrections

Can we categorize correctional services in a way that assists in creating service districts?

Service Catchment Categories Acute/high risk Long sentenced offenders; specialty programs for high risk, high needs Reentry Services: intensive interventions for high risk offenders returning to the community Probation services Services that require access to courts, community services for primarily lower risk offenders:

Community and court based services Services that are community based: arrests, bail, court appearances, probation Services that allow an offender to retain community, employment, treatment and family connections; primarily lower risk offenders Examples: Short term holding facilities; diversion programs; alternatives to incarceration; short sentences, revocation centers, day reporting

Probation Services Services that are accessible to courts and community services Allow for consistent risk based supervision and case management Leadership in risk assessment, case management

Reentry Services Services that support successful return to community, employment, family, treatment High risk offenders Access to supportive community services and resources Structured supervision

Long Sentenced Offenders Services that provide appropriate security levels (medium security and higher) and programs for offenders with sentences of 9 months or longer Specialized treatment and transition programs for high risk offenders, sex offenders and substance abuse treatment

Acute/High Risk Services that provide appropriate security level for high risk offenders (sentenced and pretrial) Services that provide appropriate treatment or intervention for acute needs (infirmary, inpatient mental health)

Disclaimer Note: As the system evolves, it’s important to note that one size does not fit all in this process. The remainder of this presentation focuses on correctional service delivery based on Service Catchment Regions and Statewide Needs

Recommended New System 1. Four Correctional Services Regions (based on aggregates of Judicial Districts) 12 TO 72 Hour holding facilities in all Counties Pretrial Facilities (Pretrial & Sentences of 90 days or less) Full service jails (adult male/female, all classification, pretrial, & sentences up to 9 months) Pretrial and Alternative Sentencing Programs Community Corrections/Probation Services Reentry Centers/work release Victim Services

2.Statewide Services –Acute Needs and High Risk –Medical Infirmary & Medical Step Down Units –Mental Health Unit(s), Stabilization & Inpatient Treatment –Substance Abuse Treatment Unit(s) –Sex Offender Treatment Unit(s) –High Risk Housing (Pretrial and Convicted) –Sentences of 9 months or longer –Victim Services

Statewide System Needs: Infirmary Services Maine State Prison - Warren Cumberland County Jail York County Jail MCC - Windham

Decision Time Recommendation #2: Correctional Service Delivery System

Recommendation #3 Implementation Priorities and Timeline How does the Board develop its plan for implementing the system design? We cannot do it all, at once, everywhere

3 Phased Approach To System Design Phase 1 – July 1, 2009 – June 30, 2010 Phase 2 – July 1, 2010 – June 30, 2011 Phase 3 – July 1, 2011 – June 30, 2012

Remember your Objectives! Mission Change Program Improvements Efficiencies

Service Catchment Categories Acute/high risk Long sentenced offenders; specialty programs for high risk, high needs Reentry Services: intensive interventions for high risk offenders returning to the community Probation services Services that require access to courts, community services for primarily lower risk offenders: Phase 2 Phase 1 Phase 3

Priority Timeline Phase 1 –Pretrial Services/diversion –Transportation –Pilot Reentry –Bail notification -- victims Phase 2 –Reentry Services –Alternatives to Incarceration –Transition Services –Food Services/Commissary Phase 3 –Specialty Services –Standardize Medical Acute/high risk Long sentenced offenders; specialty programs for high risk, high needs Reentry Services: intensive interventions for high risk offenders returning to the community Probation services Services that require access to courts, community services for primarily lower risk offenders:

Decision Time Recommendation #3: Implementation Priorities and Timeline

Recommendation #4 Specific Implementation Actions

Accomplishing the Priorities Review and change mission for the facilities in each region to accomplish the priority objective Revise the laws as need to accomplish the priority Add capacity (not beds) for the board and the system Identify the investment needs, savings from efficiencies and resource allocation decisions Develop standardized policies and practices

Phase 1 July 1, 2009 – June 30, 2010 County Jail Mission changes: pretrial Statutory changes Create director for pretrial/diversion/reentry Investment of pretrial $; access federal assistance Policy development for pretrial and home release Pretrial services based on 4 regional contracts Pilot reentry center Transportation HUBS

Phase 1 County Jail Mission Changes Piscataquis – Up to 72 hr Hold. Franklin – Up to 72 hr Hold. Oxford– Waldo – Up to 72 hr Hold/Reentry Coastal Service Region

Phase 2 July 1, 2010 – June 30, 2011 Expand reentry services statewide Mission changes for remaining 3 reentry locations Policy development Investment decisions

Reentry Model Flow Chart Initial Classification: Appropriate security/programming housing placement Custody Screening, LSI & Case Plans Low Risk SCCP, Home Release or Day Reporting Moderate & High Risk Community Based Residential Reentry Centers SCCP or Home Release Released

Remaining to serve 6 to 18 month on sentences. LSI Applied to Determine Risk Offenders Risk of Reoffending High Risk Moderate Risk Low Risk Case Plan determines program treatment needed to reduce individual Offenders risk of reoffending. Note: LSI & Case Plans need to be implemented at part of Facility Classifications early on in sentence. Low Risk To Supervised Community Confinement, Home Release or Day Reporting. Moderate & High Risk To Reentry Centers Locations: Southern, Central, Coastal & Northern Facility Service Regions Reentry Center Supervised Community Confinement or Home Release Adult Community Supervision Proposed Conceptual Reentry Program Model

Phase 3 July 1, 2011 – June 30, 2012 Create specialty units for mental health, substance abuseCreate specialty units for mental health, substance abuse Infirmary servicesInfirmary services Consistent medical servicesConsistent medical services

Decision Time Recommendation #4

Recommendation #5 Investment and Funding

Cost of County Corrections FY09FY10FY11 $64 Million (includes GF 1.5 million) $67.2 Million $69.8 Million % increase5%4% GF Request $4.7 Million* $2.6 Million for a total of $7.4 Million *$600,000 estimated savings from mission changes of four counties and 75%of the requested new money

Budget Issues 1.Process for:  Reinvestment from Mission Changes  “Scrub” County Budgets 2.Can we “book” savings from efficiencies (transportation in FY10, pretrial/reentry FY11) 3.Federal Grant Funds availability 4.General Fund Appropriation 5.Resource allocation:  Reallocate CCA and fine revenue  Eliminate Boarding Rates

Boarding Rates Options Status quo: State Board rates do not exceed the marginal rate; counties set rate for non state prisoners; State and County Board rates do not exceed the marginal rate; *No board rates; costs built into each facility’s budget Federal board rates *CWG recommendation

Decision Time Recommendation #5: Investment and Funding

Recommendation #6 Statutory Changes

Legislative Items Boarding rates, fund balances, DOC budget Efficiencies in the Transportation of Prisoners Home Release Monitoring Program Early Release of Terminally Ill or Severely Medically Incapacitated Prisoners Expand the Maine Governmental Facilities Authority’s Ability to Include County Correctional Facilities Certificate of Need Process Process and Standards for Closing or Downsizing a Correctional Facility or a County Jail

Decision Time Recommendation #6: Statutory Changes