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Date: November 22, 2024 Fri
Time: 11:34 am
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1 results foundAuthor: Wei, Qing Title: Using Administrative Data to Prioritize Jail Reentry Services: Findings from the Comprehensive Transition Planning Project Summary: This research brief describes the results of a partnership between Vera’s Substance Use and Mental Health Program (SUMH) and the New York City Department of Correction (DOC), the agency responsible for operating the city’s jail system. Faced with a huge demand for jail reentry services the DOC sought a way to target social services and treatment toward those who most needed support to address problems that contributed to their involvement with the justice system. SUMH researchers used information that the DOC maintained in its administrative data systems to develop a tool to assess people’s risk of recidivism—the Service Priority Indicator (SPI). The SPI draws information on charge, age, and prior jail admissions to assign everyone entering the jail to one of five service priority levels. A validation of the SPI found that 84 percent of those in the highest service-priority category were re-incarcerated within a year of release compared to 24 percent of those at the lowest service-priority level. The DOC is currently using the SPI to inform its decisions about who gets reentry services, as it implements its new, innovative discharge planning process. Details: Washington, DC: Vera Institute of Justice, 2012. 8p. Source: Research Briefing: Internet Resource: Accessed December 2, 2012 at http://www.vera.org/download?file=3593/CTPP-research%2520brief.pdf Year: 2012 Country: United States URL: http://www.vera.org/download?file=3593/CTPP-research%2520brief.pdf Shelf Number: 127099 Keywords: Ex-Offenders, Services forPrisoner ReentryReentry, Jail |