The Missouri Reentry Process: A Change in Philosophy

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The Missouri Reentry Process A Change in
Philosophy

• Bryan Goeke, Reentry Coordinator
• Missouri Department of Corrections

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• 30,000 incarcerated
• 70,000 under probation parole supervision
• 20,684 offenders released in 2005
• 34 of offenders released will return to prison
• 97 of those incarcerated will be released
• 3 of offenders incarcerated will die in prison
• 100,000 children in Missouri have a parent
• in prison

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How did we get here?

• Major policy shifts in the last 25 years
• Truth in sentencing
• Mandatory minimum sentences
• Three Strikes laws
• Growth in Missouri population
• Offenders leaving prison without a tool box

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• The Role of the Department
• of Corrections

Webster defines corrections as To remove
errors or mistakes an improvement the act or
process of correcting. ARE WE THERE?
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The Opportunity

• In 2002, Missouri was one of two states chosen
  by the National Institute of Corrections as a
  demonstration for the Transition from Prison to
  Community (TPC) model.
• TPC model provides a philosophic framework for
  stakeholder agencies to promote
• Common interests
• Integrate policies services
• Improve the overall transition process

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TPC Model Process

• How offenders spend their time during confinement
• How they are supervised while on supervision
• Increased public safety
• Reduce recidivism
• Reduce victimization
• Partnerships with other state/federal agencies
  and community organizations

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Why are these partnerships essential?

• Offenders have many related issues
• Health Transportation
• Mental Health Education
• Substance Abuse Employment
• Housing Family
• Data reflects these issues can promote success or
  failure.

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How it works?

• Start planning for release the first day of
  incarceration.
• Identify assets and liabilities, utilize
  assessment tools and design a plan of programming
  during the offenders incarceration.
  (Institutional Phase)
• Approximately 6 months short of the established
  release date the offender will move into a
  Transition Housing Unit where intense pre-release
  planning will begin. (Transition Phase)

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• The goal is to have services and community
  involvement established prior to release.
• The offender is released into the community for
  continued supervision and support by Probation
  and Parole and the community.

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Whats Changing?

• TAP/Case Management
• THUs (ACC, BCC, CCC, CTCC, FCC, MCC, MECC, MTC,
  NECC, WERDCC, WMCC, and WRDCC)
• Transition Services in Level 5 facilities
• DWD Partnership
• Dept. of Social Services
• Dept. of Health Senior Services
• Dept. of Revenue
• Dept. of Mental Health
• Focus on the Family

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The Missouri Reentry Process is a Change in
Process

• Organizational priorities
• Organizational practices
• Organizational culture
• Outcomes
• Change in the lives of offenders, their families
  and communities.

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Impact of MRP on Communities

• Increased public safety
• Reduction of victimization
• Productive, tax-paying citizens
• Healthy, functional families
• Safer children
• Civic participation
• Quality of life

As a member of a community in Missouri, how do
you want these individuals to return home?