Community Corrections

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Community Corrections

Historical Summary

Community Corrections includes the supervision of probationers and parolees and the operation of community work centers throughout the state. Parole and probation officers and pre-sentence investigators work out of regional offices located in each of the seven judicial districts. Officers are mandated with the responsibility of supervising all probationers and parolees. Probationers are persons with a court sentence that does not involve confinement but does impose conditions, and parolees are offenders who have served a portion of their

sentence in an institution and are selected for release by the Parole Commission while under the continued custody of the state. In addition, statutorily mandated pre-sentence reports are prepared to provide relevant information to the courts to assist the judge during sentencing, and are used in after-care by the Department of Correction. Residents of the community work centers in Boise, Nampa, and Idaho Falls are required to maintain employment. The program provides community services, employment counseling, and individual and family counseling.

Division Description

Total App Actual Approp Request Gov Rec

FY 2015 FY 2015 FY 2016 FY 2017 FY 2017

OPERATING BUDGET

BY PROGRAM

Community Supervision 22,683,600 22,659,300 22,723,400 25,860,200 26,441,000 Community Work Centers 5,031,900 5,036,000 4,983,200 5,769,500 5,854,000 27,715,500 27,695,300 27,706,600 31,629,700 32,295,000

Total:

BY FUND CATEGORY

General 18,759,800 18,881,000 18,825,500 20,883,500 21,383,900

Dedicated 8,895,600 8,754,800 8,819,400 10,681,700 10,844,900

Federal 60,100 59,500 61,700 64,500 66,200

27,715,500 27,695,300 27,706,600 31,629,700 32,295,000

Total:

Percent Change: (0.1%) 0.0% 14.2% 16.6%

BY OBJECT OF EXPENDITURE

Personnel Costs 22,510,000 22,603,000 23,094,900 25,677,400 26,342,700 Operating Expenditures 4,323,200 4,066,100 4,044,000 4,161,900 4,161,900

Capital Outlay 882,300 1,026,200 567,700 1,790,400 1,790,400

27,715,500 27,695,300 27,706,600 31,629,700 32,295,000

Total:

Full-Time Positions (FTP) 375.35 375.35 374.35 392.35 392.35

FY 2017 Idaho Legislative Budget Book 3 - 37 Department of Correction Community Corrections

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Comparative Summary

Agency Request Governor's Rec

General Total General

Decision Unit

FTP FTP Total

18,825,500 27,706,600 18,825,500 27,706,600

FY 2016 Original Appropriation 374.35 374.35

0 34,000 0 34,000

Sewer Repairs

2. 0.00 0.00

(205,000) (205,000) (205,000) (205,000)

JRI Training Savings

5. 0.00 0.00

248,400 248,400 248,400 248,400

Add Probation & Parole Staff

6. 4.00 4.00

69,000 343,200 69,000 343,200

Addl Personnel Costs/Operating

8. 0.00 0.00

18,937,900 28,127,200 18,937,900 28,127,200

FY 2016 Total Appropriation 378.35 378.35

Removal of One-Time Expenditures 0.00 0 (601,700) 0.00 0 (601,700)

Base Adjustments 0.00 8,400 8,400 0.00 8,400 8,400 18,946,300 27,533,900 18,946,300 27,533,900

FY 2017 Base 378.35 378.35

Benefit Costs 0.00 129,100 172,600 0.00 323,200 433,200

Inflationary Adjustments 0.00 7,700 22,400 0.00 7,700 22,400

Replacement Items 0.00 0 1,459,500 0.00 0 1,459,500

Statewide Cost Allocation 0.00 72,300 85,800 0.00 72,300 85,800

Change in Employee Compensation 0.00 150,000 200,000 0.00 448,700 598,900

27th Payroll 0.00 557,500 741,900 0.00 557,500 741,900

19,862,900 30,216,100 20,355,700 30,875,600

FY 2017 Program Maintenance 378.35 378.35

86,900 96,300 69,600 77,200

Security Retention Plan

1. 0.00 0.00

0 36,100 0 36,100

Radios for District 7

2. 0.00 0.00

0 22,300 0 22,300

Security Cameras

3. 0.00 0.00

0 148,600 0 148,600

Access Control System

4. 0.00 0.00

0 26,100 0 26,100

Fire Alarm System

6. 0.00 0.00

0 142,500 0 142,500

P&P Vehicles

7. 0.00 0.00

0 7,000 0 7,000

IT Server Room HVAC System

8. 0.00 0.00

582,500 583,500 597,800 598,800

Decentralize Offender Programs

13. 8.00 8.00

351,200 351,200 360,800 360,800

Distribute Out Headquarters Staff

14. 6.00 6.00

20,883,500 31,629,700 21,383,900 32,295,000

FY 2017 Total 392.35 392.35

Change from Original Appropriation % Change from Original Appropriation

18.00 2,058,000 3,923,100 14.2% 10.9%

18.00 2,558,400 4,588,400

16.6% 13.6%

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Community Corrections

Budget by Decision Unit

FTP

General

Dedicated

Federal

Total

FY 2016 Original Appropriation

374.35 18,825,500 8,819,400 61,700 27,706,600

Community Work Centers Sewer Repairs

2.

The department requests an additional $34,000 in one-time operating expenditures from the Inmate

Management Fund for emergency sewer repairs at the Idaho Falls Community Reentry Center (IF-CRC). In 2015, IF-CRC experienced a significant failure of the facility’s sewer system, which required replacement of the main sewer line and the rerouting of existing infrastructure to the new sewer main line. This program lacks sufficient appropriation to cover the cost of the project.

0.00 0 34,000 0 34,000

Agency Request

0.00 0 34,000 0 34,000

Governor's Recommendation

Community Supervision JRI Training Savings

5.

The department requests an ongoing transfer of $205,000 in operating expenditures from the General Fund between Community Supervision and Prisons Administration in order to provide training related to recent changes in the department’s offender programming. The Council of State Governments (CSG) recently conducted a Justice Program Assessment (JPA), which concluded that much of the department’s

programming is outdated and not evidence-based. To address the JPA findings, the department is phasing-in program changes, begphasing-innphasing-ing with substance abuse and sex offender programs. The department currently has an ongoing appropriation of $500,000 to provide training related to the Justice Reinvestment Initiative (JRI). However, the department indicates that it only needs $295,000 for JRI-related training. Thus, the department desires to use this $205,000 in savings from JRI-related training to provide training on substance abuse and sex offender program curricula.

0.00 (205,000) 0 0 (205,000)

Agency Request

0.00 (205,000) 0 0 (205,000)

Community Supervision Add Probation & Parole Staff

6.

This is one portion of a multifaceted request to reorganize the department by reallocating 12.00 FTP from Unit 24 at Idaho State Correctional Institution (ISCI), along with $667,800 in personnel costs from the General Fund, among programs. Unit 24 was a Correctional Industries warehouse converted to temporary inmate housing. The department was originally provided with $557,400 in FY 2010, offset by a reduction in the County and Out-of-State Placement program, to establish Unit 24 and add 200 beds at ISCI. Due to ongoing safety concerns, the department chose to close Unit 24 in May of 2015.

Of the 12.00 FTP and $667,800 that have been requested to be removed from ISCI’s budget in separate decision units, this request would reclassify 4.00 FTP (from correctional officers to probation and parole officers) and transfer them to Community Supervision, along with $248,400 in General Fund appropriation.

4.00 248,400 0 0 248,400

Agency Request

4.00 248,400 0 0 248,400

Community Supervision Addl Personnel Costs/Operating

8.

This is a request for a total ongoing amount of $343,200 for various operating expenditures and personnel costs related, in part, to the increased demand placed on the Community Supervision Program by the Justice Reinvestment Initiative (JRI). Of the total amount requested in operating expenditures, $69,000 from the General Fund is for additional office space due to recent increases in FTP; $49,600 from the Parolee Supervision Fund is for collection costs related to the cost of supervision; $20,000 from the Parolee Supervision Fund is for additional uniforms; and $15,000 from the Parolee Supervision Fund is for inmate incentives required by the JRI Response Matrix. In personnel costs, $189,600 from the Parolee Supervision Fund is requested to provide sufficient appropriation to meet current personnel obligations in that particular fund.

0.00 69,000 274,200 0 343,200

Agency Request

0.00 69,000 274,200 0 343,200

FY 2016 Total Appropriation

378.35 18,937,900 9,127,600 61,700 28,127,200

Agency Request

378.35 18,937,900 9,127,600 61,700 28,127,200

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Budget by Decision Unit

FTP

General

Dedicated

Federal

Total

Removal of One-Time Expenditures

0.00 0 (601,700) 0 (601,700)

Agency Request

0.00 0 (601,700) 0 (601,700)

Governor's Recommendation Base Adjustments

Adjustments include the reallocation of operating expenditures associated with risk management costs between various budgeted programs department-wide with an overall net-zero effect on appropriation amounts.

0.00 8,400 0 0 8,400

Agency Request

0.00 8,400 0 0 8,400

FY 2017 Base

378.35 18,946,300 8,525,900 61,700 27,533,900

Agency Request

378.35 18,946,300 8,525,900 61,700 27,533,900

Governor's Recommendation Benefit Costs

Employer-paid benefit changes including a 3% increase (or $340 per eligible FTP) for health insurance, reductions in unemployment insurance, and adjustments in workers' compensation that vary by agency.

0.00 129,100 43,100 400 172,600

Agency Request

Based on the most recent actuarial analysis, the Governor recommends $1,040 for each eligible FTP for a 9.3% increase in health insurance, and discontinuing thriveidaho, the state's wellness program.

0.00 323,200 108,900 1,100 433,200

Governor's Recommendation Inflationary Adjustments

Includes $7,700 from the General Fund and $5,200 from the Parolee Supervision Fund for office rent increases in various district and satellite offices. Also included is $9,500 from the Inmate Labor Fund for a 3.5% increase in food and dietary costs as projected by the USDA Economic Research Services inflation forecast.

0.00 7,700 14,700 0 22,400

Agency Request

0.00 7,700 14,700 0 22,400

Governor's Recommendation Replacement Items

See page 3 - 10 for more information on requested replacement items.

0.00 0 1,459,500 0 1,459,500

Agency Request

The Governor's recommendation for replacement items matches the agency's request.

0.00 0 1,459,500 0 1,459,500

Governor's Recommendation Statewide Cost Allocation

This request includes adjustments to recover the cost of services provided by other agencies in accordance with federal and state guidelines on cost allocation. Risk management fees will increase by $85,800 in this division.

0.00 72,300 13,500 0 85,800

Agency Request

0.00 72,300 13,500 0 85,800

Change in Employee Compensation

For calculation purposes agencies were directed to include the cost of a 1% salary increase for permanent and temporary employees. The total includes the one-time cost of a 1% CEC on the 27th payroll.

0.00 150,000 49,500 500 200,000

Agency Request

The Governor recommends a 3% increase in compensation, distributed on merit. He does not recommend a compensation increase for group and temporary positions. The total includes $21,500 for the one-time cost of a 3% CEC on the 27th payroll.

0.00 448,700 148,700 1,500 598,900

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Community Corrections

Budget by Decision Unit

FTP

General

Dedicated

Federal

Total

27th Payroll

Includes the cost of the 27th payroll that will occur in FY 2017 for all state agencies using a bi-weekly payroll. Payroll costs accrue, but are unpaid at the rate of one day per year for ten years, to be paid out in the eleventh year. This request is calculated using FY 2016 payroll costs.

0.00 557,500 182,500 1,900 741,900

Agency Request

0.00 557,500 182,500 1,900 741,900

FY 2017 Program Maintenance

378.35 19,862,900 10,288,700 64,500 30,216,100

Agency Request

378.35 20,355,700 10,453,700 66,200 30,875,600

State Prisons & Community Work Centers Security Retention Plan

1.

This is a request to fund year two of the department's Security Retention Plan. Department-wide, the total request is for $2,741,200. Of this total amount, $101,600 is one-time due to the 27th pay period. In the Community Corrections Division, this request amounts to $96,300, of which $3,500 is one-time.

According to the department, turnover in the security ranks has been high. While they have been able to successfully recruit new correctional officers, retaining those individuals has proven difficult. For example, the department employs nearly 800 correctional officers, yet 67% have less than two years’ experience with the agency. This relative inexperience poses potential security risks. The inability to retain existing staff means more overtime liabilities at 1.5 times the actual hours worked. In addition, the department invests about $15,000 in training each new correctional officer to prepare them for the challenges they will confront in an institutional setting.

In response to these challenges, the department has developed a Security Retention Plan to offer pay progression certainty to security staff if they meet performance standards. This plan leaves security staff’s starting rate and probationary increase unchanged, but offers subsequent annual increases over five years of their career so long as they meet or exceed performance expectations and remain in a security position in a correctional setting. Security staff covered by this plan will not be eligible for annual Change in Employee Compensation (CEC) increases until they conclude their fifth full year of employment. Prior to that time, their annual increases will be based on merit and fall within the guidelines established under the new retention plan. The plan also includes a pay equity component to adjust salaries of current correctional security staff. The equity adjustments, implemented over the first two years of the plan, will safeguard against pay

compression issues created by the retention plan's implementation with new security employees.

As originally projected, the department estimated that year one of the plan would cost $2,620,600 in FY 2016 and $2,518,700 in FY 2017. For FY 2016, the department was appropriated $1,679,000 for year one, with the expectation that amounts appropriated for CEC would be used to help fund the Security Retention Plan.

0.00 86,900 9,400 0 96,300

Agency Request

The Governor recommends funding for the Security Retention Plan. However, the recommendation has been adjusted downward to account for the 3% CEC.

0.00 69,600 7,600 0 77,200

Community Supervision Radios for District 7

2.

The department requests $36,100 from the Parolee Supervision Fund to purchase encrypted radios to be used by probation and parole officers in District 7. The Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office and the Idaho Falls Police Department recently updated their radio equipment through a Homeland Security Grant. During that process, their frequencies were encrypted, which resulted in District 7’s radio equipment becoming obsolete. As a temporary fix to the problem, District 7 was able to borrow eight radios from Bonneville County.

However, as a long term solution, District 7 will need to purchase ten radios to maintain radio communication with law enforcement. Of the total amount, $600 is for ongoing maintenance of the radios. The remainder is one-time.

0.00 0 36,100 0 36,100

Agency Request

0.00 0 36,100 0 36,100

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Budget by Decision Unit

FTP

General

Dedicated

Federal

Total

Community Supervision, Community Work Centers Security Cameras

3.

This is a request for $22,300 in one-time capital outlay to augment security camera coverage at the department’s facilities and work sites. According to the department, adding security camera coverage will better provide for the safety of staff, offenders, and the public in addition to providing evidentiary value should criminal acts take place. In Community Supervision, cameras would be added to the probation and parole district offices in Districts 2 and 3 ($16,100 from the Parole Supervision Fund). In Community Work Centers, cameras would be added at the Nampa Community Reentry Center ($6,200 from the Inmate Management Fund).

0.00 0 22,300 0 22,300

Agency Request

0.00 0 22,300 0 22,300

Mgmt Srvcs, State Prisons, Com Supv & CWCs Access Control System

4.

The department requests $148,600 in one-time capital outlay from the Parolee Supervision Fund to purchase and install employee access control systems in 22 different locations throughout the state,

including the department’s central office, nine of the state prisons, four community reentry centers, and eight probation and parole district offices. Access control systems enable the building entrances to be locked down and can be integrated with a variety of security systems such as intercoms, sound systems, lighting control, and closed circuit (CCTV). The department seeks to install a scalable access control system by first establishing a system that can record an employee's photo, credentials (e.g., name, title, job site, etc.), and ID expiration date. With the system, each location would be equipped to take employee photos, add them to the system, and print ID cards. Employees’ photos and credentials would then appear on a monitor for verification, and a time/date stamp recorded in the system. Employees, vendors, and volunteers could enter any facility in the agency using the same card. All locations would require a camera, an ID card printer, the proximity scanner, monitor, and the related hardware and connections.

0.00 0 148,600 0 148,600

Agency Request

0.00 0 148,600 0 148,600

Community Work Centers Fire Alarm System

6.

The department requests $26,100 in one-time capital outlay from the Inmate Management Fund to add a fire alarm system to the administration building at the East Boise Community Reentry Center. The

administration building does not currently have a fire alarm system to detect or alarm staff and offenders of a fire, though the housing unit does. However, the fire alarm cannot be heard in the administration building when it is engaged in the housing unit, which sits across the parking lot from the administration building.

0.00 0 26,100 0 26,100

Agency Request

0.00 0 26,100 0 26,100

Community Supervision P&P Vehicles

7.

This line item request is for $142,500 from the Parolee Supervision Fund to purchase five new sedans and one SUV for the Community Supervision program. Probation & parole officers, presentence investigators and other staff use state vehicles to perform field work and to travel offsite for presentence investigations, court appearances, training, etc. According to the department, these six new vehicles would be necessary to balance staff-to-vehicle ratio changes related to the various staff reallocations requested in other decision units herein. Of the total amount requested, $11,000 is ongoing operating expenditures for fuel and maintenance needs. The remainder is one-time capital outlay.

0.00 0 142,500 0 142,500

Agency Request

0.00 0 142,500 0 142,500

Community Work Centers IT Server Room HVAC System

8.

The department requests $7,000 in time capital outlay from the Inmate Management Fund to add a one-ton cooling only mini split for the server room located in the basement of the administration building of the East Boise Community Reentry Center. IT equipment was damaged due to a lack of temperature control in the server room in the summer of 2014, which caused interruptions with the server and internet. The one-ton cooling mini split will provide a way to regulate the temperature for the IT equipment and phone system that is in the server room.

0.00 0 7,000 0 7,000

Agency Request

0.00 0 7,000 0 7,000

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Community Corrections

Budget by Decision Unit

FTP

General

Dedicated

Federal

Total

Community Supervision, Community Work Centers Decentralize Offender Programs

13.

The agency requests to reorganize the department by reallocating 35.00 FTP and five temporary positions, along with their associated personnel costs and operating expenditures, among programs. If approved, this line item would decentralize the functions of Offender Programs and reallocate its FTP and appropriation throughout the agency. According to the department, a review of its division structure and each position in headquarters highlighted confusion in lines of communication and reporting, as well as redundancy of effort across divisional lines.

Of the 8.00 affected FTP in this division, the department requests to move 6.00 (administrative assistant, technical records specialist, corrections manager, two corrections program coordinators, probation & parole officer) from Offender Programs to Community Supervision; a project manager from Management Services to Community Supervision; and a drug & alcohol rehabilitation specialist from Offender Programs to

Community Work Centers for a net increase of $583,500 and 8.00 FTP. Department-wide, however, this request has a net-zero effect on FTP counts and appropriation amounts.

8.00 582,500 1,000 0 583,500

Agency Request

The difference between the request and recommendation is attributable to the recommended 3% CEC, as opposed to the 1% CEC reflected in the request.

8.00 597,800 1,000 0 598,800

Community Supervision Distribute Out Headquarters Staff

14.

The department requests to reclassify 8.00 FTP and reallocate them and their associated personnel costs among programs. According to the department, a review of its division structure and each position in headquarters identified many positions that are not mission-critical.

Of the six affected positions in this division (administrative assistant, project manager, technical writer, two business analysts, correctional program coordinator), the department requests to reclassify them to

probation & parole officers and move them to Community Supervision (five from Management Services and one from Community-Based Substance Abuse Treatment) for a net increase of 6.00 FTP and $351,200 from the General Fund. Department-wide, however, this request has a net-zero effect on FTP counts and

appropriation amounts.

6.00 351,200 0 0 351,200

Agency Request

The difference between the request and recommendation is attributable to the recommended 3% CEC, as opposed to the 1% CEC reflected in the request.

6.00 360,800 0 0 360,800

FY 2017 Total

392.35 20,883,500 10,681,700 64,500 31,629,700

Agency Request

392.35 21,383,900 10,844,900 66,200 32,295,000

Governor's Recommendation Agency Request

Governor's Recommendation Change from Original App % Change from Original App Change from Original App % Change from Original App

18.00 2,058,000 1,862,300 2,800 3,923,100

14.2% 4.5%

21.1% 10.9%

4.8%

18.00 2,558,400 2,025,500 4,500 4,588,400

16.6% 7.3%

23.0% 13.6%

4.8%