Justice Reinvestment and Supervision Practices
6. ACCOUNTABILITY: While policies provide guidance on violation
responses, system challenges limit the ability to hold offenders accountable
Delayed, inconsistent, and
severe sanctions
Use of consistent responses to
non-compliance
Applying swift, certain,
and fair sanctions
CURRENT PRACTICE
Officers struggle to hold
offenders accountable due to
limitations of resources in the
community. Officers do
reinforce positive behavior,
but there are not formalized
incentives defined in policy.
GOING FORWARD
■ Revise policies on offender management with input of officers
across the state to reflect regional differences
■ Update the offender management policy to include more detail
on incentives and reinforcement
Improve collaboration between DOCR, the courts, and jails to
develop solutions that allow officers to use the jails consistently
in order for jail sanctions to work as a deterrent
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