The Majority of Our Population Will Return to Their Communities - A Successful Re-Entry Begins at Intake

Upon arrival at one of Indiana's correctional facilities, an Incarcerated Individuals meets with Unit Team Staff staff to begin building their Case Plan. The Case Management process prepares an incarcerated individual for the best quality of life while serving his/her sentence along with preparing them for life after incarceration. This process utilizes evidence-based principles combining assessments with a multi-disciplinary approach to reduce criminal thinking and behaviors. This approach provides incarcerated individuals with the necessary skills to succeed in serving their sentence and in their return to the community. The Case Plan is developed from the results of the Indiana Risk Assessment System (IRAS), which is based on the following criminogenic risk domains:

• Criminal History
• School & Employment
• Family & Social Support
• Substance Abuse & Mental Health
• Criminal Lifestyle

Encouraging Counties to Develop a Coordinated Local Criminal Justice System

Community Corrections is a community-based supervision agency used for the primary purpose of providing sentencing alternatives for felony offenders in lieu of incarceration. In addition to diversion, Community Corrections serves an important role in rehabilitation through transitional programming and as an intermediate sanction for Parole, Probation, Courts, and other community-based supervision or programs. Community Corrections serves 3 critical roles in the criminal justice system:

• Sentence Alternative: Community Corrections is a community-based supervision that serves as a sentencing or placement alternative to incarceration, while allowing restricted privileges to access the community while providing evidence-based interventions to establish long-term behavior change.
• Intermediate Sanction: As an important element of best practices, Community Corrections serves as an intermediate sanction for Parole, Probation, Courts, and other community-based supervision or programs. The Levels of Supervision within a Community Corrections agency are often the basis for a graduated sanction process by phasing into more restrictive Levels of Supervision in lieu of a revocation, jail, or return to prison.
• Re-Entry & Transitional Services: Community Corrections is also able to contract with the Indiana Department of Correction (IDOC) in order to provide re-entry services for IDOC’s Work Release program and the Community Transition Program.

Advocating For a Skilled and Ready Workforce Upon Release

We recognize that many incarcerated individuals will be released into the community. Released citizens will be on parole, probation, or discharged. To increase potential for successful community reintegration, it is necessary that returning citizens be provided quality programming and resources both post and pre-release.