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Corrections Department Key Initiatives 2009-2010
The key initiatives the department
is working to accomplish have been revised. Those
initiatives show the strategic directions of local
activities for juvenile and adult corrections.
2008 Progress Update On Key Initiatives
Corrections Department Strategic Plan 2009-2010
The Strategic Plan was updated and revised January 2009. The plan
contains goals, objectives and performance measures for each program and key
initiatives of the department.
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Judge Riddel Boys Ranch Program Completion &
Recidivism Report for Calendar Years 2000-2007
(as of 12/31/08)
Judge James V. Riddel Boys Ranch (JRBR) is the most
structured community-based residential program for
juvenile offenders in the State of Kansas. The program
is operated by the Sedgwick County Department of
Corrections, Youth Services. All services are provided
on-campus, including education. A review of records for
youth admitted to the program during calendar years 2000
through 2007 demonstrates the stability of the program
to produce positive outcomes.
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Motivational Interviewing Implementation
Resources
Motivational interviewing is a
client-centered directive method for
enhancing intrinsic motivation to change by
exploring and resolving ambivalence.
Sedgwick County Department of Corrections
has implemented Motivational Interviewing
techniques in working with clients.
Employees are provided ongoing phase system
trainings. Sedgwick County Department of
Corrections has developed a training and
implementation plan for Motivational
Interviewing, now available online.
Click here to access the implementation
resources.
Dr. Pealer’s Presentation – What Works /
What Doesn’t in Changing Behaviors
Dr. Jennifer
Pealer presented at the Wichita State
University Metropolitan Campus Auditorium on
June 27, 2008.
Click here to view her PowerPoint
presentation for information related to
the Risk – Need – Responsivity (RNR) Model
and types of community-based programs and
practices proven to reduce delinquency risk
factors and recidivism.
OJJDP Selects Sedgwick County DMC for
Model Programs Guide
The Office of Juvenile Justice and
Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) has selected
Sedgwick County Department of Corrections’
DMC Initiative as a Disproportionate
Minority Contact (DMC)-Reduction Best
Practice . . .
Sedgwick County selected to join the
Models for Change initiative by the
MacArthur Foundation.
Kansas is one of four states selected in a
highly competitive process by the John D.
and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation to
participate in a new action network to
reduce the disproportionate number of
minority youth in the juvenile justice
system. Kansas is now one of 12 states
providing leadership as part of MacArthur's
$120 million Models for Change, a national
initiative to reform juvenile justice across
the country.
DMC Project Report 2004-2007
Disproportionate Minority
Contact (DMC) in the juvenile justice system has
been a target of study and intervention in
Sedgwick County. The
Summary Report provides
detailed information on the activities and the
data collected and analyzed during the 3-Year DMC Pilot Project in the 18th Judicial District.
Senate Bill 14 - Risk Reduction Initiative
New in FY08, the Kansas Department of
Corrections (KDOC)
has award funding to Sedgwick County under the
Senate Bill 14 Risk Reduction Initiative (RRI).
SB14 provides new funding of $4.4 million by the
Kansas Legislature to support local agencies in
increasing public safety, reducing the
risk of probationers on Community Corrections
Supervision, and increasing the percentage of
probationers successfully completing Community
Corrections Supervision. Sedgwick County’s rate
of condition revocation is significantly higher
than the statewide average and as such has
received substantial funding to implement
evidence-based services. The
RRI targets two client groups that are a high to
moderate risk to reoffend and/or fail to succeed
on probation and enter prison. Specialized and
proven interventions are planned to include
reduced officer caseloads, enhanced case
planning and management, competency development,
cognitive behavioral skills training, reentry
management and risk reduction techniques. Funds
are provided to increase access to assessments
and treatment and to facilitate client
transitions. Collaboration and partnerships to
enhance service delivery, track performance and
ensure accountability have been identified to
help facilitate service integration into the
local system. Wichita State University will
provide ongoing assessment and evaluation of
results for use in making course corrections in
the plan.
Mission
To provide a continuum of community based
correctional services which promotes public safety, holds offenders
accountable, and improves their ability to live productively and lawfully
in the community.
Vision
The
Sedgwick County Department of Corrections shall be
the model of effective and efficient community-based
offender programming.
Scope of Services
Sedgwick County Department of Corrections operates
all corrections programs and facilities under the direct authority of the
Sedgwick County Board of County Commissioners except the Adult Detention
Facility programs. This involves a broad range of facilities and
community-based correctional interventions necessary to promote community
safety and successful supervision of assigned adult and juvenile offenders
in this community.
Administrative offices are located at
700 S Hydraulic
with departmental programs at several locations in Sedgwick County.
Programs range from prevention services to after care supervision for
juveniles, and pretrial release supervision to residential services for
adults.
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