Improving Domestic Violence Responses in Rhode Island
Prevalence and Data Collection
On average, just 3 percent of people on parole had a DV
offense over the FY2016-FY2020 period.
483
Total Parole Population and Parole Population with a
DV Offense at FY-end, FY2016-FY2020
500
518
534
558
571
570
598
LLLL
17
13
28
603
624
21
16
FY2016
FY2017
FY2018
FY2019
FY2020
Other Offenses
DV Offense
Total Parole Population
In 2019, 61 percent of people on
parole with a DV offense had been
ordered to a BIP at some point,
and 75 percent of people had a
no contact order imposed at some
point. Eighteen percent had a
condition to attend substance use
counseling.
In 2019, 25 percent of people on
parole were assessed as high risk
and 36 percent were assessed as
moderate risk.
(Twenty-five percent of these cases were low or low-
moderate and fourteen percent did not have a risk
screen or LSI-R risk level.)
CSG Justice Center analysis of Rhode Island DOC Probation and Parole Snapshot Data, 2015-2020,
analyzed April 2023.
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