Organization and Administration of Community-Based Corrections
The New Jersey parole and probation program is an example of a system that is completely community-based. The system tries to ensure a positive environment in which offenders who are under supervision could change and become law abiding citizens. Thus, through preparation, assistance and operation, the department of corrections has been able to reduce the rate of recidivism. This is also reflective of how much confidence probation officers have gained through treating convicts equally, fairly and with dignity. Conversely, people have also gained a sense of respect and value towards the community-based. As a result of the program’s success, the state of New Jersey has tried enhancing …show more content…
It runs statewide agencies that include adult, juvenile, intensive and juvenile intensive supervised programs. The Intensive Supervised Probation program traces its roots back to the prison systems. Prisons populations were increasing in numbers increasing causing it to become overcrowded. Alternatively, the state wanted to find ways to spend less money for prisons and at the same time effectively rehabilitate offenders. To accomplish such measures, the intensive supervised probation system was established to give offenders a fair and a decent method to work their way back into the community. Nonetheless, the program is not for every offender trying to work their way back into society. Hence, the program’s overall purpose is to “reduce the number of offenders serving state prison sentences by permitting them to be resentenced to an intermediate form of punishment.” With this approach, more prison rooms are opened for criminals who have committed rather heinous crimes while less serious offenders are placed on intensive …show more content…
The department is accountable for operations and management of the New Jersey prison state facilities. The department is composed of thirteen major institutions consisted of seven adult males, three youths, one sex offenders facility and one women correctional facility as well as a central reception including an intake unit and a Stabilization and Reintegration Program. The facilities house of corrections has a combination of maximum, medium and minimum, holding approximately 20,000 inmates. As of January 2003, about nine hundred and eighty-four offenders were on life sentence while fourteen under capital
The New Jersey parole and probation program is an example of a system that is completely community-based. The system tries to ensure a positive environment in which offenders who are under supervision could change and become law abiding citizens. Thus, through preparation, assistance and operation, the department of corrections has been able to reduce the rate of recidivism. This is also reflective of how much confidence probation officers have gained through treating convicts equally, fairly and with dignity. Conversely, people have also gained a sense of respect and value towards the community-based. As a result of the program’s success, the state of New Jersey has tried enhancing …show more content…
It runs statewide agencies that include adult, juvenile, intensive and juvenile intensive supervised programs. The Intensive Supervised Probation program traces its roots back to the prison systems. Prisons populations were increasing in numbers increasing causing it to become overcrowded. Alternatively, the state wanted to find ways to spend less money for prisons and at the same time effectively rehabilitate offenders. To accomplish such measures, the intensive supervised probation system was established to give offenders a fair and a decent method to work their way back into the community. Nonetheless, the program is not for every offender trying to work their way back into society. Hence, the program’s overall purpose is to “reduce the number of offenders serving state prison sentences by permitting them to be resentenced to an intermediate form of punishment.” With this approach, more prison rooms are opened for criminals who have committed rather heinous crimes while less serious offenders are placed on intensive …show more content…
The department is accountable for operations and management of the New Jersey prison state facilities. The department is composed of thirteen major institutions consisted of seven adult males, three youths, one sex offenders facility and one women correctional facility as well as a central reception including an intake unit and a Stabilization and Reintegration Program. The facilities house of corrections has a combination of maximum, medium and minimum, holding approximately 20,000 inmates. As of January 2003, about nine hundred and eighty-four offenders were on life sentence while fourteen under capital