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Joint Judiciary Committee

COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS “Building a safer Colorado for today and tomorrow.”

Rick Raemisch, Executive Director

December 11, 2013

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Colorado Prison Facilities

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State:

20

Private:

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CDOC

Facility

Staff:

5,053

Prison

Inmates:

17,590

(As of June 30, 2013,

includes YOS)

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New court commitment

77%

New crime

parole

returns,

14%

Technical

parole

returns, 7%

Other, 2%

Inmate Data

Male Status Type: Female Status Type:

Average Male Age: 38.1

As of June 30, 2013 includes YOS

Source: Office of Planning and Analysis

38%

61%

62%

39%

Female

Male

Average Female Age: 36.1

Violent Offense Non-violent Offense

New court commitment,

74%

New crime parole returns,

15%

Technical parole returns,

9%

Other, 2%N = 16,204 N = 1,386

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Colorado Parole Offices and Community

Corrections Facilities

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Offices:

17

CPOs:

258

Parolees:

11,426

ComCorr,

Return to

Custody, ISP

Inmates &

YOS

Community:

2,212

ComCorr

Facilities:

35 (As of June 30, 2013)

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Parole/Community-Based Population

Regular

supervision

55%

County

jail/other

locaton 11%

ISP

supervision

9%

Residential

transition

2%

Out-of-state

parolees

18%

Absconders

6%

Parole Data

Residential

transition

64%

Return to

custody

13%

ISP inmate

21%

YOS

community

2%

Community Inmates*

As of June 30, 2013

Source: Office of Planning and Analysis

N = 11,426 N = 2,212

* Excludes 236 fugitives

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Offender Needs

As of June 30, 2013

Source: Office of Planning and Analysis

5%

27%

75%

34%

95%

73%

25%

66%

Intellectual Disability

Sex Offender

Drug & Alcohol

Mental Health

High Needs Low Needs

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*Major Mental Illness:

Male Inmates = 1,509 (8% of male population)

Female Inmates = 425 (24% of female population)

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Adult Inmate Population

1,620 1,780

17,226 18,355

18,846 20,135

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Female Male Total

As of June 30, 2013

Source: Office of Planning and Analysis

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2012 Division of Criminal Justice &

Legislative Council Staff Inmate Projections

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Adult Inmate Population

Source: Office of Planning and Analysis

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Administrative Segregation Population

Source: Office of Planning and Analysis

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Return Type

Cumulative

Return Rates

New Crime 14.4%

Technical Violation 35.5%

Total 49.8%

Recidivism Rates: Recidivism Rate Calendar Year 2012 (Release cohort from 2009)

As of December 31, 2012

Source: Office of Planning and Analysis

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Division of Criminal Justice & Legislative

Council Staff Parole Projections

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Budget Changes

FY 2004-05 to FY 2014-15

FY 2004-05 General Fund – Appox $496,830,470

FY 2014-15 General Fund – Request $706,475,390

Total General Fund Change - $209,644,920 Annual increase of 3.8%

Major budget drivers over 11-year period include: Approx $59 million = Employee Benefits

Approx $53 million = Employee Salary increases/base reductions

Approx $23 million = Parole Caseload adjustments

Approx $20 million = DPA/OIT Common Policy

Approx $17 million = Provider Rate increases/inflation adjustments

Approx $14 million = Medical/Utilities/Other

Approx $12 million = Facility/Community/Other related adjustments

Approx $11 million = Program/Treatment expansions

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DOC General Fund Changes FY 13-14 to FY 14-15 November 1, 2013 Budget Submission

-$4,000,000

-$2,000,000

$0

$2,000,000

$4,000,000

$6,000,000

$8,000,000

$10,000,000

$12,000,000

Net Increase $42.2M

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Department Priorities

Administrative Segregation Reform Reduce administrative segregation population and reduce releases

to communities.

ISP Contact Standards for Parolees.

Program Consistency and Case Planning.

Use of Electronic Monitoring for Parolees.

NIC System Mapping Analysis.

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DOC 2014-2015 Outcome Measures

OUTCOME MEASURE Baseline

(July 1, 2013)

1 YEAR

(July 1,2014)

3 YEAR

(July 1, 2016)

1 Number of escapes from secure confinement. 1 0 0

2 Percent of population released to community

from Ad/Seg.

19% 14.5%

13.6%

3 Percent of offenders in Ad/Seg.

3.9% 2.5% 2.0%

4 GED completion for diplomas awarded. 980 980 980

5 Number of volunteer programs, with

emphasis to increase Life Skills programs.

190 199 211

6 Number of completions per sex offender

treatment criteria.

103 359 425

7 Technical parole revocation rate.

40% 37% 35%

8 Rate of new crime revocations.

9% 8.5% 8%

9 Rate of regressions from residential

community corrections to prison.

37% 35% 33%

10 Staff turnover rate.

15% 12% 12%

11 Electric consumption.¹

[megawatt hour (MWh)]

115,400

MWh

113,100

MWh

108,500

MWh

12 Gas consumption.¹

[dekatherm (dkThrm)]

752,300

DkThrm

737,300

DkThrm

707,300

DkThrm

13 Potable water consumption.²

[thousand gallons (k-Gal)]

904,500

k-Gal

850,200

k-Gal

814,100

k-Gal

14 Recidivism rate.³ 49.8% 46.6% 41.9%

¹Baseline measure is FY12, annual consumption of electricity or gas. ²Baseline measure is FY11, annual consumption of potable water. ³Recidivism is tracked on a calendar year basis. The baseline metric represents offenders released from prison in CY09 who recidivate prior to December 31, 2012; data was reported in CY13.

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Legislative Agenda

Backgrounds Check Process Improvements Joint Proposal with the Department of Public Safety

No Anticipated Budget Impact

Details of the Proposal Include:

The proposed bill will allow the CDOC to exclude individuals who have felony convictions or who have been convicted of crimes of moral turpitude from being hired to all positions within the Department; and

The proposed bill will allow the CDOC and CDPS to inquire about or determine any applicant’s criminal history or conduct a criminal background check at any stage in the hiring process.

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Submitted to the Secretary of State on November 1, 2013 pursuant to C.R.S. 2-7-203(4).

Summary - 2013 Departmental Regulatory Agenda: □ Largest component of the 2013 Agenda was modification of 17

Administrative Regulations to capture the newly promulgated Federal Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) Standards.

□ Creation and implementation of the Residential Treatment Program Administrative Regulation.

Highlights - 2014 Regulatory Plan: □ Modification of AR 950-07, “Sentence Computation” to capture processes

already in place pursuant to HB13-1323 regarding mittimus review regarding consecutive and concurrent sentences.

□ Updates to internal regulations regarding time computation pursuant to SB13-210.

Department Regulatory Agenda

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OUR VISION

”Building a Safer Colorado for

Today and Tomorrow.”

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