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The Community Corrections Section oversees two Community Release Centers and coordinates a number of community-based correctional programs that supervise and manage offenders in the community. These facilities, programs and services assist with the supervision of probationers assigned by the courts and with the reintegration of parolees upon release from prison. The following programs are designed to provide additional treatment, intervention, sanctions and structure for offenders:
The Community Corrections Section provides assistance and guidance to local jurisdictions in the development and operation of local sentencing initiatives including drug courts. The combination of local assessment, treatment, supervision and short-term confinement enhances the Department's ability to improve the success of supervision, while involving the local community to a much greater degree.
The Department's Command Center is a 24-hour a day, seven days a week communication center whose staff tracks offenders in the community on electronic monitoring, and in Community Release Centers and residential centers. This unit was established to ensure that offenders assigned to community corrections programs maintain their curfews and adhere to other restrictions as required around the clock. Command Center staff conduct investigations for every serious rule violation. They issue arrest warrants should offenders fail to return to their assigned residence at the appointed time. Command Center staff also maintain regular contact with state and local law enforcement to develop leads and to ensure absconders are apprehended and returned to department custody without delay.
Community Release Centers in Kansas City and St. Louis are Department facilities under the auspices of the Community Corrections Section. These facilities offer community-based programs and provide the Department with transitional centers to manage and assist offenders requiring a supervised transition from confinement to community supervision. The parole board stipulates offenders for assignment to the centers based on their need for substance abuse treatment or a structured setting in which to develop work release programming as part of the release process.
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