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MONTANASTATELIBRARY 3 0864 1002 4538 3 alance is again the byword Corrections We for fiscal year 1999. continue to develop infra- structure and alternatives to Interim Report 1999 improve our ability to respond to the complex nature ofhuman criminal behavior on the streets ofour communities andwithin the fences ofour prisons. A clear demonstra- tion ofthis progress is the expansion ofour Public Safety Partnership which now includesthreeregionalprisons anda 500-bedprivateprison. We haven't ignored alternative sanctions in the process. We've worked to improve and enhance probation and parole through the establishment ofan Eastern TreasureState Correctionaniuuuuij ^tutti Montana Regional Office in Glendive. Injuvenile corrections programs to promote pubhc safety droppedfor the second consecu- we have completed the first and offender accountability.This is tive year. biennium ofthejuvenile place- no small feat. mentpilotprojectdesigned to As we move into the nextyear improve flexibility and funding We continue to plan for the we will continue tobringour available to communityjuvenile future through the use ofpopula- commitment to bearon the four justice efforts. tion projections and the examina- goals set for the courts and the tion ofmanagement options. The department by the Legislature in Duringthis year more thcin planningprocess requires coopera- MCA46-18-101 punishoffend- : 1,000 Montana correctional tion and communication with law ers, protectthe public, provide professionals met the challenge of enforcement, members ofthe restitution to victims, and provide managing the state correctional judicial system, legislators, and the offenders with opportunities for system — a system which now has public—not to mention hard work self-improvement. custody, treatment and supervision by our own dedicated employees. responsibility for about 9,000 Although there remains much adult andjuvenile offenders. Althoughplanning, communica- to be done, we will continue to tion and cooperation are critical to strive toward more and greater As ateam they faced shortages continued improvement, the public safety and trust. ofin-state prison beds, increasing criminaljustice systemhasaremark- communitycorrections caseloads ablesuccessrate. Forexample,the Rick D and multiple construction projects rate ofreturntoprison fornew with great confidence. They also crimesbydischargedoffenders efficiently used scarce resources duringthe initialthreeyearsafter while managing their facilities and releaseisonly 10.6%systemwide. Director \J MT Thecrime rate in Montana has DepartmentofCorrections . The Montana Department the MontanaWomen's Prison in or transition centers which ofCorrections has the Billings. helps them readjustto civilian responsibility to carry At both facilities, industry life. Here, offenders continue to out the sentence levied on programs are managedby the learnimproved livingand criminals by the courts.The Montana Correctional Enter- working skills. Montana has Department performs the duty prises division ofthe Depart- these centers in Missoula, Great ofincarcerating convicted ment. Known as MCE, it offers Falls, Butte and Billings. A fifth felons, supervising them under vocationaltraining, and offend- center is being sited in Helena. out-of-prisonconditions, and ofofferingprogramsfor Meeting the Challenge theirrestorationthat includes restitution to the victim. of Public Safety Thejuvenile offender ^ system includes Pine HillsYouth Correctional ers can also work in an These centers also accept Center is the largest industries program at offenders diverted from prison single employer in Miles each prison, and men by the courts. City wdth about 114 can work at the dairy employees taking care or on the prison Some 90% ofoffenders of85 offenders under th( ranch.The ranch and eventually return to some ape of 18 the industries programs are community. Many do so through diversified and self-supporting. probation orparole.At any one The RiversideYouth Correc- time more than 6,100 adult tional Facility is a 18-bed secure During Fiscal 1999 the State probationers and parolees are custody facility forjuvenile housed additional adult offend- supervisedby 21 Probation and females located at Boulder. ers at contracted facilities: 147 Parole Offices located from males inTennessee, 1 19 males in Glendive to Libby. AspenYouthAlternatives Arizona, 151 males at the managed abackcountry pro- Cascade County Regional Upwards of 188 offenders gram for teenagedboys and Prison, and48 females in New were in the Intensive Supervi- girls. Mexico. sion Program at any one time; the program requires strict The adult system includes Youngmen andwomen may accountability and daily moni- separate prisons for men and volunteer forboot camp at the toring. women. Montana State Prison Treasure State Correctional in Deer Lodge housed about Training Center at Deer Lodge. Many treatment and restor- 1343 men.With about 450 full- This intense program is de- ative programs are court- time equivalent employees, the signed to reshape an offender's ordered and available to offend- men's prison is a significant behavior rapidly and markedly. ers.They include programs for employer in the Deer Lodge addictive substances, anger Valley. Thirty-four employees After incarceration, many management, education, have custody of71 women at adults spend time in pre-release wellness, and parenting. ... MDOC Mission Here is an over\iew of HB 1 15—modifies bootcamp the bills that became eligibility and creates alternative law throughthe coop- sanctions. The Department ofCorrections eration between the Depart- HB 54—Makes it a crime for a is dedicated to public safety and ment and the 1999 Legislature: prisoner to assault another trustby holding adult and HB 65—Extends and expands person with bodilv fluids. juvenile offenders accountable the"intervention in delin- HB 53—Specifies that a for their actions against victims quency"pilotprogram. coroner pronounces deathfi-om throughcustody, supervision, SB 22—Requires the establish- an execution, and creates the treatment, work, restitution and Legislation: skill development. Maldng Cooperative Policy Department Goals mentofminimvim training category ofvictim witnesses. standards for P&P and correc- SB 54—Grants greater author- 1 To improve the safety ofthe tional officers. it\' to district courts, creates HB 59-Allows the court to criminally convicted youth and Montana Public and the security designate an offender as a sexual sets emergency capacities at ofour communities and homes. offender ifit finds that the youth facilities. offender committed the crime SB 32—Creates the crime of 2 To gain public trustthrough for sexual reasons. sexual contact/intercourse with opennessandresponsiveness. SB 33—Clarifies that federal incarceratedpersons, declaring inmates convicted outside that consentbetween an inmate 3. To pro\ide accurate, timely Montanamaynotbe housed in a and a staffmember or others is information and supportthat private prison vdthin MontJina. ineffective. contributes to the restoration of victims ofcrime. 4. To reduce the risk that Key Population Numbers on 6/30/99 offenders will reoffend and that Adult Male Institutional Adult Female Institutional our citizens will be \'ictims of MT State Prison MTWomen's Prison crime. On-site 1343 On-site 71 Co. JailHolding 88 Off-site 3 5 To operate correctional Dawson Regional 127 Co. Jail Holding 15 Cascade Regional 151 New Mexico 48 programs that emphasize of- Tennessee 147 Treasure State 2 fenderaccountability. Arizona 119 Pre-release Centers 80 Treasure State 25 Intensive Supervision 27 Aftercare 16 Connections 6 6. To provide a working and Pre-releaseCenters 328 MT Chemical Dep. Center 1 program en\Tronmentbased on Intensive Supervision 160 Total 253 professionalism, personal Connections 26 MT Chemical Dep. Center 3 Total Probation & responsibility and respectfor Total 2546 Parole 6135 eachindividual. Achievements in Achievements in Achievements in Juvenile Corrections Security Management Pine Hills becomes the first Added security fence and Began the design and develop- Montana facility to receive na- facility improvements to Riverside mentofPRO-riles, a new and more tional accreditation from the Youth Correctional Facility. responsive offender database. American CorrectionalAssocia- Completed department-wide Setded 1991 disturbance cases. tion. traininginemergencypreparedness. Completed the revision ofthe Developed and implemented a Installed up-to-date fire sprin- departmental policy manual. newrisk and needs assessment kler systems in MSP Close units Devised a more comprehensive tool forjuvenile parole. Added a female unit to the Commitment to Safety Great FallsYouthTransition Center. and Accountability Achievements in Adult Corrections per-inmate,per-dayrate calculation Cooperated in the opening of withthe LegislativeAuditDivision. the Dawson Co. Regional Prison. Began expansion ofMSP Cooperated in the design ofthe Infirmary. MissoulaCo. Regional Prison. In cooperation with MLEA and Worked on the construction our state's sheriffs, established a oversight ofthe new SOO-bed three-week certified pre-service private prison near Shelby. trainingprogram forcorrections Reorganized the Contract MT and detention personnel at the Placement Unit and trained facility Law EnforcementAcademy. monitors. Began expeinsion ofMotor Implemented an internal Vehicle Maintenance Shop and managed care medical program for Industries Furniture Shop. inmates, and accessed Medicare. Createdaninternal auditunit. Women enter and graduate Reorganized theAdministrative fromTreasure State CTC. Ectwccnjcncesat MSP. Services Division. The Helena Pre-release Center Reorganized Montana Correc- Community Committee estab- and in Reception. tional Enterprises (MCE). lishes an area for siting a pre- Implemented a departmental Reorganized the victims release center. security auditprocess. subcommittee into a full Crime Cook Chill began serving food Installed intercomsonthe Low VictimsAdvisory Council. to MSP andTreasure State. side and in maximum at MSP. Established an agency website, Completed the parking lot and DOC Rebuilt the control panels in the first website in the nation road reconstruction and pavingat Maximum at MSP. tocontain theagencypolicymanual. MSP InstalledWatchman Security Created solution to the Established a telemarketing Systems at Great Falls and Billings MTPrime computer problem of industriesprogram at Cascade Co. Transition Centers. getting field data to Helena. Regional Prison. Hired a second transportation Networked P&P offices and officer, located at the Great Falls completed other computer/ Transition Center. network system upgrades. , During the last several advocate for victims in general. Throughreorganization, the years, the public has Pohcies existwhich set a new Departmenthas added ahalf- often perceived that standard for victim and depart- time victims officer who \vi\\ convicted offenders receive ment relations, and include pursue \'ictims issue-based greater protection oftheir rights correctional staffwho have projects.This includes re\italiz- than do their victims. In large become victims ofcrime while ing the effort ofworking with part the victim's involvement in intheperformance oftheirduties. the Department ofRevenue to the totaljustice system has been A special section ofthe develop a collection system for limited to that ofbeing the Department's communications restitution. recipient ofa harm and as a Restitution Reparation small part ofa prosecutor's & case. Restoration Victims and the public ingeneral have moved plan is to emphasize devotedto VineToll-free rights and Wctims, and 1.800-456-3076 privileges for resources the victims of are being Toll-free crime.The gathered to Victim's Info Hotline Department help the 8-5 M-F is keeping advocate to 1-888-223-6332 pace with this pro\ide movementby better Vine Report having information The table below shows the created the and support number ofcalls made monthly position of to xactims. by victims and the pubhc to the publicand The 55th Vine victim information com- victim Legislature puter for information. information approved 1999 specialist, and the imple- January 816 byhaAong mentation February 826 created the TreasureStateDrillInstructor R.C.Millerpresents ofan March 1039 Crime Anita Richards with a certificateofappreciation automated April 996 forherwork with the victims impactpanelatthe Victims victims May 968 boot camp. Advisory notification June 923 Council. system, knownasVine^^ July 918 (Victim Information cind Notifi- August 908 The pubUc and victim cation Everyday), which allows September 839 information specialist serves as victims to be quickly informed Running total 8233 staffliaison to the CrimeVic- ofan offender's escape, release Annual average 915 timsAdvisory Council, and as orparole. 1 " 1 Annual Funding K-12 education remainedthe state's top Percent of Appropriated General Fund fundingpriority with 48.4 cents ofevery Dollars FY 98-99 general fund dollar devotedto elementary throughhigh school education.About 12 cents on the dollar was spentonhigher education. Another 22.6 cents on the dollar was spent by human services.Whereas corrections spent about 7.8 cents and the remaining state 9.8 services will spend the remaining 9.8 cents. Higher Human Other Corrections STATE DuCUMEi.TS COL' Education Sen/ices r^3 2 2004 MCNTO,NA STATE LIBi 1515 E- et^i AVE Where Money Went the CommunityCorrections FY 99 MDOC Percentage of Budget Budget in Millions Juvenile Placement— S8.8 from General Fund FY 99 Probation, Parole & ISP- $7. Riverside-$1.1 Contracted Aspen- $2.2 Beds Treasure State— $1.3 16.6% Pine Hills _^^^^^^^^ rAdmin6i.st6r%ation Pre-Release- $7. -y Administration— $0.6 6.1% ^v / '^^^^^^r MCE TransitionCenters—$0.8 MWP ^^^^^^^ ^>\ri.i% %~^;^ Total-$28,983,446 3.1 Percentage ofCommun ty Corrections Budget- General Fund FY 99 Pre-release 24.6% TreasureState 4.4% Administralion r 1.9% Comnxinlty AspenY/^ >. Transition 35.4% 7.5% b^ - Centers -A 2.8% I ^B^^ Probation&^"^ JliviPiBconiBnt MDOC General Fund FY 99 Budget in Millions Parole 30.4% 24.5% Administration- $5.4 MTCorrectional Enterprises- $0.9 CommunityCorrections- S29 MTState Prison-$25.6 MT Women'sPrison- $2.5 Pine Hills- $5 ContractedBeds- $13.6 Total-$81,967,165 500copiesofthispublicdocument werepublishedut an estimatedcost of$.74 percopy.Jora totalcostof$370.00 which includes$270.00Jorprintingand $100.00fordistribution.