Time Frame: Ongoing

Focus Area Issues Personnel Information Sources
Physical Health
  • health education
  • inreach by prior provider or other community-based providers
  • subsequent check-ups
  • clinician
  • corrections counselor
  • regularly-updated corrections medical records
Substance Abuse
  • motivation and readiness for treatment
  • pre and post substance abuse treatment testing
  • changes in attitudes and behaviors
  • corrections counselor
  • treatment program staff
  • substance abuse / addiction specialist
  • institutional treatment and behavior records
  • community-based substance abuse treatment records
Mental Health
  • individual or group counseling and assessments
  • medication review
  • corrections counselor
  • mental health clinician
  • corrections mental health records
Family Relationships
  • family connectedness / social support
  • quality and consistency of child / family visits
  • potential for loss of child custody (after 15 months of incarceration)
  • quality of relationship with children’s caregiver(s)
  • changes in expectations for life after release
  • corrections counselor
  • family services specialist
  • child-support enforcement office records
  • community-based child and family services records
  • institutional behavior records
  • victim impact statement
Housing
  • eligibility for public housing assistance programs
  • feasibility, safety, and appropriateness of living with family members
  • neighborhood characteristics / safety level
  • corrections counselor
Employment & Education
  • appropriateness of educational and vocational programming
  • appropriateness of institutional work assignment
  • appropriateness of work-release assignment
  • corrections counselor
  • educational and vocational program staff / specialists
  • certificates or program records
  • school transcripts
Financial Status
  • ability to engage in institutional work to make payments towards financial obligations
  • employment specialist
  • corrections counselor
  • employment program policies and procedures
Recidivism Risk
  • review of institutional behavior and programming
  • need for further programming
  • corrections counselor
  • community-based partner staff
  • pre-sentence investigation report
  • court report
  • police report
  • criminal history
  • prior institutional history
  • institutional behavior records
  • program participation