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Missouri Department of Corrections Matt Blunt, Governor |
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The Division of the Board of Probation and Parole has developed a continuum of supervision strategies known as Community Corrections Programs. The Community Corrections Programs include intensive probation and parole, electronic monitoring, Community Release Centers and residential facilities. These structured programs are utilized to increase supervision requirements for inmates in transition from prison, and for offenders in the community who need enhanced structure and discipline.
Many offenders under probation supervision are ordered by the courts to work at community service sites as a means of making reparation to the community for their criminal behavior. Throughout the state, offenders are placed in unpaid positions with non-profit or tax-supported agencies according to their abilities and the work site needs.
In many instances offenders are also required to pay a designated sum to aid victims of crime, court costs and restitution to offset individual victims' losses. Probation and parole officers intervene with offenders to ensure that they fulfill their financial obligation and establish a pattern of responsibility.
Community Corrections also seeks to involve the community, its resources and victims in other meaningful ways. The department through its strategic planning process is developing ways to include county jails as a resource for specialized incarceration efforts including shock jail time and programming.
Community Corrections programs match varying degrees of intervention, control and treatment with the individual needs of the offender, the offender's environment and progress to produce the longest lasting public safety. Ongoing assessment is a key to the program's effectiveness. The supervision strategies offered by the Department provide judges and field staff with progressively restrictive sentencing and supervision options. Likewise, they provide institutional parole staff and the parole board with varying release and community supervision options to achieve successful reintegration of inmates back into society.
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