Mike Easley Theodis Beck

Governor Secretary of Correction

2003- 2004

Annual Statistical Report

North Carolina

Department of Correction

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North Carolina

Department of Correction

Annual Statistical Report

Fiscal Year 2003- 2004

Summary Statistics for:

The Division of Prisons, the Division of Community Corrections, and

the Division of Alcoholism and Chemical Dependency Programs

Michael F. Easley

Governor

Theodis Beck

Secretary of Correction

Boyd Bennett

Director of Division of Prisons

Robert Lee Guy

Director of Division of Community Corrections

Lattie Baker, Jr.

Director of Division of Alcoholism and Chemical Dependency Programs

Prepared by:

The Office of Research and Planning

Department of Correction

Phone: ( 919) 716- 3080

Raleigh, North Carolina

March 2005

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Table of Contents

Overview of the North Carolina Department of Correction

Office of Research and Planning

I. Prisons

A. Prison Admissions:

Prison Admission Trend

Type of Admission

Admissions by Sentencing Grids

Crime Type of 2003- 2004 Admissions

Demographic Information for Prison Admissions

B. Prison Population:

Prison Population Trend

Population by Sentencing Grids

Crime Type of Prison Population

Inmate Activities

Inmate Disciplinary Infractions

Escapes and Captures

Demographic Summary for Prison Population

C. Prison Release

Prison Release Trend

Type of Release

Time Served by Inmates Released in Fiscal Year 2003- 2004

Prison Population Projections

II. Division Of Community Corrections

A. Probation:

Probation Entry Trend

Crime Type of 2003- 2004 Probation Entries

Probation Population by Sentencing Grids

Type of Probation Exits

B. Post- Release:

Post- Release Entry Trend

Post- Release Population by Structured Sentencing Grids

Type of Post- Release Exits

C. Parole:

Parole Entry Trend

Crime Type of Parole Population

Type of Parole Exits

Intermediate Sanctions for Supervised Offenders

Special Supervised Offender Programs

Supervised Population Projections

Demographic Information of Community Corrections Offenders

D. Criminal Justice Partnership Program ( CJPP):

Admissions to Criminal Justice Partnership Programs

CJPP Admissions by Sentencing Grids

CJPP Offender Services

Exits from Criminal Justice Partnership Programs

Demographic Information for CJPP Offenders

III. Division of Alcoholism and Chemical Dependency Programs

Identifying Inmates for Participation in DART

A. Drug Alcohol Recovery Treatment ( DART):

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Enrollment in DART Intensive Residential Treatment

Crime Type of Entries to DART Intensive Residential Treatment

Exits from DART Intensive Residential Treatment

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C. Residential Substance Abuse Treatment:

Enrollment in RSAT

Crime Type of Entries to RSAT

Exits from RSAT

D. Continuing Care, Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous:

Enrollment in Continuing Care

E. Private Alcohol and Drug Treatment Centers:

Enrollment in Private Treatment Centers

Crime Type of Entries to Private Treatment Centers

Exits from Private Treatment Centers

F. DART Cherry:

Enrollment at DART Cherry

Crime Type of Entries to DART Cherry

Exits from DART Cherry

Demographic Information for the DACDP Programs

IV. Appendices:

A. Populations by County of Conviction

B. Listing of Division of Prisons Facilities

C. Listing of Division of Community Corrections Regional Offices

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Overview of the North Carolina

Department of Correction

The North Carolina Department of Correction, one of the largest agencies in State government, is

responsible for the custody, supervision, and rehabilitation of adult offenders sentenced to

community/ intermediate punishments or prison. The Department is comprised of three divisions

that manage offenders directly, as well as numerous administrative support sections. The major

Divisions include the Division of Prisons, the Division of Community Corrections, and the

Division of Alcoholism and Chemical Dependency Programs.

In 1998, the Department developed a long- range strategic plan, which is based on the following

vision statement and strategic issues:

Vision Statement

We, the employees of the Department of Correction, envision an organization respected by the

citizens of North Carolina for its effectiveness in responding to the problem of crime in our

society and working collaboratively with others to prevent crime through community

involvement. We see an organization providing public safety, opportunities for offenders to

become productive citizens, and growth and development for employees. We see ourselves

contributing to the creation of a society of law- abiding, responsible citizens.

Strategic Issues

? Lead proactively regarding corrections issues.

? Develop and train employees for personal and professional growth.

? Deliver effective services and programs using research and advanced

technology.

? Emphasize cost efficient management of resources and accountability for

high quality results.

There are over 18,000 employees in the Department of Correction, primarily working directly

with offenders in the community or in prisons. The Department is funded through legislative

appropriations and receipts ( e. g. Corrections Enterprises). The total authorized budget and actual

expenditures for the Department of Correction over the past five fiscal years are shown in the

table below.

Fiscal

Year

North Carolina

Department of Correction

Authorized Budget

Actual

Expenditures

Percent Change in

Authorized Budget over

Previous Year

2003- 2004 $ 992,786,962 $ 978,694,164 9.56%

2002- 2003 $ 906,148,525 $ 885,875,791 - 5.61%

2001- 2002 $ 960,071,979 $ 914,843,399 - 0.08%

2000- 2001 $ 960,878,579 $ 935,096,860 4.60%

1999- 2000 $ 918,607,453 $ 899,627,278 - 0.31%

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Office of Research and Planning

Supporting Successful Decisions

The Office of Research and Planning is part of the Secretary’s Office and provides support

services within the Department of Correction. The mission of the Office of Research and

Planning is to assist the department and staff to make informed decisions that will result in

successful outcomes. Staff includes research and evaluation analysts, applications programmers,

correctional planners, and statisticians.

The Research section of the Office coordinates a variety of internal and external evaluation

projects. Research assists staff to evaluate effectiveness, modify policies and programs, and

report outcomes to policy makers. Research activities include the following:

? Obtain and organize topical information on research topics.

? Prepare statistical and topical reports.

? Conduct evaluations.

? Provide data and methodology review for evaluations.

? Approve research involving human subjects on offenders under the supervision of the

Department of Correction.

? Provide technical assistance on conducting evaluations.

The Planning/ Policy Analysis section of the Office provides consultation and technical

assistance in strategic planning and policy analysis to the sections and divisions in the

Department. Planning and policy analysis activities include the following:

? Develop a structure and process for planning.

? Conduct trend analyses and organizational assessments.

? Organize and facilitate meetings of work groups engaged in planning and policy analysis.

? Research, gather and organize information for policy and programming decisions.

? Consult on methods to implement and monitor plans and policies.

? Analyze information on science- based program interventions and best practices.

The Decision Support section of the Office provides aggregate statistical information and

software applications to assist Department managers and staff to make decisions. Decision

Support activities include the following:

? Provide answers to statistical questions about offenders.

? Develop computer programs to extract aggregate offender data.

? Analyze and interpret statistical information.

? Develop software applications to provide information about offenders.

? Provide internet- based decision support training.

? Prepare population forecasts and utilize simulation models.

The Program Development section of the Office provides consultation and technical assistance to

departmental managers and staff to implement new, effective programs that cross division lines.

Program development activities include the following:

? Identify sources of information and contacts on effective prison, probation and substance

abuse programs.

? Coordinate and facilitate work groups to develop program proposals.

? Assimilate materials to market new program concepts with internal and external groups.

? Prepare implementation plans for new probation, prison and/ or substance abuse programs.

? Develop methods for assessing the effectiveness of new programs.

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I. Division of Prisons

The Division of Prisons is responsible for the custody, supervision, and rehabilitation of more

than 35,200 inmates. As of June 30, 2004, there are 76 state prisons in North Carolina and three

private non- profit contracted facilities. In order to protect the community, staff, and inmates, the

Division of Prisons classifies prisons, inmates, and prison beds according to prison security

designation, inmate custody classification, and bed security levels respectively.

The Secretary of the Department of Correction assigns the security designation of the prison

based on the physical design and structure of the prison, the type of cells in the prison ( e. g. single

cells, dormitories), and the intensity and type of staff supervision ( e. g. armed, unarmed).

Currently, there are 14 close, 25 medium, and 37 minimum security state prisons, and the

contracted facilities are minimum security.

The Division receives felons and misdemeanants sentenced to prison by the court for a period of

incarceration ranging from a minimum of 90 days for certain misdemeanors to life imprisonment

for crimes such as rape or murder. Prison staff classify the individual inmate’s custody by

analyzing factors such as current crime, length of sentence, past criminal history, and past prison

behavior record. At the end of the 2003- 2004 fiscal year, forty- five percent of inmates in the

prison population were assigned to medium custody, thirty- six percent to minimum and sixteen

percent to close custody.

The Division also provides rehabilitative activities for inmates. These activities include jobs,

educational programs, vocational programs, cognitive behavioral interventions, substance abuse

interventions, mental health interventions, and religious services.

Costs of Incarceration for the 2003- 2004 Fiscal Year

The Department calculates an average cost of incarcerating minimum, medium, and close

custody inmates annually. The figures include the direct costs of inmate supervision/ custody and

programs/ activities, and indirect administrative costs for Department support of prisons. The

daily cost of incarcerating one inmate ranged from $ 49.34 in minimum custody to $ 82.46 in close

custody, with an average of $ 62.03 in 2003- 2004 compared to an average of $ 60.53 in the 2002-

2003 fiscal year.

Inmate Custody Level 2003- 2004 Average Daily Population Daily Cost Per Inmate

Minimum 11,936 $ 49.34

Medium 16,412 $ 65.59

Close 5,735 $ 82.46

Average 34,451 $ 62.03

The Department had contracts with two private non- profit minimum security substance abuse

treatment prisons and one private non- profit minimum security community re- entry prison in

operation during the year. The table indicates the contracted operating cost per day per inmate for

each of these facilities for the 2003- 2004 fiscal year.

Private Facility 2003- 2004 Average Daily Population Daily Cost Per Inmate

Mary Frances Center 101 $ 79.43

Evergreen Rehab Center 89 $ 63.15

ECO Halfway House 20 $ 46.23

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A. Prison Admissions

Prison Admission Trend

During fiscal year 2003- 2004, there were 25,326 admissions to North Carolina prisons.

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Total Felony Misdemeanant

Prison admissions decreased sharply from 1994 to 1995 as an effect of the Structured Sentencing

Act. Although admissions increased in the late 1990’ s, there has been a return to the 1999- 2000

admission level in recent years. Part of the increase and then decrease is due to a reorganization

of programs within the Department of Correction. For several years, the IMPACT boot camp

program was part of the Division of Prisons, but it was administratively transferred in 1999 when

the statute was rewritten to define it as an Intermediate Punishment, and entries no longer counted

as a prison admission.

Type of Admissions

There are four types of admissions to prison: new admissions, probation revocations, parole/ post-release

supervision revocations, and safe- keepers/ pre- sentence diagnostic inmates. Half of the

prison admission in fiscal year 2003- 2004 were probation revocations and 42% were from new

admissions. Revocations are a result of violations of the conditions of probation, parole, or post-release

supervision, including committing new crimes. New admissions result from a court-imposed

active sentence to prison. Safe- keepers are un- sentenced defendants admitted to prison

when detention in the local jail poses a danger from other jail inmates, or presents a threat to

others, or when medical care is needed. Pre- sentence diagnostic admissions ( PSD) are inmates

who have been convicted, but the judge requests an assessment before sentencing.

Fiscal

Year Total

2003- 2004 25,326

2002- 2003 23,593

2001- 2002 23,760

2000- 2001 23,299

1999- 2000 25,273

1998- 1999 25,156

1997- 1998 25,408

1996- 1997 24,449

1995- 1996 23,181

1994- 1995 27,472

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Prison Admissions in the 2003- 2004 Fiscal Year

1,472 ( 6%)

433 ( 2%)

12,824 ( 50%)

10,597 ( 42%)

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Safekeeper/ PSD

Admissions by Sentencing Grids

The Structured Sentencing Act became effective in 1994. This sentencing policy prescribes

sentencing options for judges based on the severity of the crime and the prior record of the

offender. Judges are provided with specific sentencing options for the type and length of

sentence that may be imposed. DWI admissions and pre- structured sentencing inmates are

sentenced under different laws. The charts below illustrate the distribution of fiscal year 2003-

2004 prison admissions for misdemeanants and felons.

Structured Sentencing and Non- Structured Sentencing

Misdemeanor Prison Admissions for 2003- 2004

Prior Record Level

Crime Class I II III

Undefined or

Non- Structured Total (%)

A1 132 382 1,083 0 1,597 ( 22%)

1 297 570 2,378 0 3,245 ( 44%)

2 25 86 125 0 236 ( 3%)

3 3 0 2 0 5(< 1%)

DWI - - - 2,203 2,203 ( 30%)

Other/ Undefined - - - 21 21(< 1%)

Total (%) 464 ( 6%) 1,038 ( 14%) 3,589 ( 49%) 2,222 ( 30%) 7,307 ( 100%)

Note: This does not include safe- keeper or pre- sentence diagnostic admissions.

Convictions for Class 1 misdemeanors represent the largest group of misdemeanor prison

admissions. Offenses in Class 1 include breaking and entering, and non- trafficking drug offenses.

Convictions for Driving While Impaired ( DWI) are the next largest contributor to misdemeanor

of admissions. These convictions are not part of Structured Sentencing but rather the Safe Roads

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Act of 1983. The third most numerous crime class for misdemeanor admissions to prison is Class

A1. Almost all of the Class A1 offenses are assaults. The remainder of the misdemeanor

offenses resulting in an admission to prison includes worthless checks, assaults, property and

public order offenses.

Eighty percent of all felony prison admissions in fiscal year 2003- 2004 were for Class F through

Class I offenses. Class H, Prior offenses represent the largest group of felons admitted to prison,

with 6,213 or 38% of all admissions in fiscal year 2003- 2004. The majority of these are non-trafficking

drugs, breaking and entering, and larceny crimes. Class I offenses make up the next

largest group, sixty- four percent of which are for non- trafficking drug offenses but also include

forgery and breaking and entering. Class G includes non- trafficking drug offenses as well as

trafficking drugs and robbery. Sexual offenses, assaults and habitual driving while impaired are

Class F offenses.

Structured Sentencing and Non- Structured Sentencing

Felon Prison Admissions for 2003- 2004

Prior Record Level

Crime

Class I II III IV V VI

Undefined or

Non- Structured Total (%)

A 78 8 9 4 3 0 1 103 (< 1%)

B1 42 34 20 11 3 3 0 113 (< 1%)

B2 93 87 40 24 5 4 0 253 ( 2%)

C 137 171 248 258 70 61 25 970 ( 6%)

D 320 279 140 86 25 15 27 892 ( 5%)

E 258 357 151 118 27 20 4 935 ( 6%)

F 415 454 305 173 37 46 5 1,435 ( 9%)

G 645 713 570 456 93 75 7 2,559 ( 15%)

H 916 1,909 1,497 1,206 355 251 79 6,213 ( 38%)

I 501 1,044 672 533 137 136 12 3,035 ( 18%)

Other - - - - - - 9 9 (< 1%)

Total (%) 3,419 ( 21%) 5,060 ( 31%) 3,653 ( 22%) 2,872 ( 17%) 759 ( 5%) 612 ( 4%) 171 ( 1%) 16,517

Note: This does not include safe- keeper and pre- sentence diagnostic admissions.

The remaining felony classes contain the most serious offenses. Class A is first degree murder

and carries a punishment of death or life without parole. The majority of Class B1 offenses are

sexual assaults. Most B2 admissions are for second degree murder but there are some first degree

murders and sexual assaults in this class. In Class C, there were 627 admissions of habitual

felons. Almost 67% of Class D admissions are for robbery. Finally, Class E contains mostly

crimes against a person including assaults, kidnapping and abduction, robbery, and manslaughter.

Crime Type of 2003- 2004 Prison Admissions

Overall, 69% of the 2003- 2004 prison admissions are for felony crime convictions. Crimes

resulting in a prison sentence are grouped in one of three categories: public order, property, and

crimes against a person.

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The most frequent crime type for prison admissions is public order crimes. This crime type

accounted for 44% of all admissions during the 2003- 2004 fiscal year. This crime type includes

drug offenses ( 5,453), Driving While Impaired ( 2,378), traffic violations ( 1,387), and habitual

felons ( 630). Among public order crime admissions, 64% are for felonies.

Property crimes accounted for 30% of all prison admissions. The most frequent offenses in this

category are larceny ( 2,450) and breaking/ entering ( 2,346). Other offenses include fraud ( 1,032),

forgery ( 525) and burglary ( 266). The majority of admissions ( 77%) for property crimes are

felons.

Crime Type of 2003- 2004 Prison Admissions

6,020 ( 25%)

7,244 ( 30%)

10,558 ( 44%)

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Note: This does not include safe- keeper and pre- sentence diagnostic admissions.

There are 6,020 admissions for crimes against a person, which is 25% of all prison admissions in

fiscal year 2003- 2004. Forty- five percent of these crimes are assaults ( 2,729). This category also

includes robbery ( 1,445), sexual offenses ( 953) and homicides ( 510). As with property and

public order crimes, the majority ( 70%) of crimes against a person are felony admissions.

Crime Type of 2003- 2004 Prison Admissions

Crime Type Felon Misdemeanant Total (%)

Crimes Against a Person 4,221 1,799 6,020 ( 25%)

Property Crimes 5,571 1673 7,244 ( 30%)

Public Order Crimes 6,722 3836 10,558 ( 44%)

Not Reported 3 29 32 ( 1%)

Total (%) 16,517 ( 69%) 7,337 ( 31%) 23,854 ( 100%)

Note: This does not include safe- keeper and pre- sentence diagnostic admissions.

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Demographics of Prison Admissions

July 1, 2003 through June 30, 2004

Male Female

Age

Category White Black Other White Black Other Total

13- 18 327 589 52 37 47 0 1,052 ( 4%)

19- 21 868 1,566 134 99 86 7 2,760 ( 11%)

22- 25 1,328 2,245 279 193 205 14 4,264 ( 17%)

26- 30 1,279 2,075 296 305 209 18 4,182 ( 17%)

31- 35 1,297 1,860 239 299 279 21 3,995 ( 16%)

36- 40 1,170 1,730 119 276 251 17 3,563 ( 14%)

41- 45 950 1,491 83 184 194 12 2,914 ( 12%)

46- 50 543 760 47 74 73 9 1,506 ( 6%)

51- 55 229 383 15 32 35 1 695 ( 3%)

56- 60 119 106 3 10 4 0 242 (< 1%)

61- 65 44 32 0 8 2 0 86 (< 1%)

66- 70 23 9 2 2 0 0 36 (< 1%)

71+ 19 11 1 0 0 0 31 (< 1%)

Total 8,196 ( 32%) 12,857 ( 51%) 1,270 ( 5%) 1,519 ( 6%) 1,385 ( 5%) 99 (< 1%) 25,326 ( 100%)

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B. Prison Population

Prison Population Trend

On June 30, 2004 there were 35,205 offenders in the prison system, representing approximately a

5% increase from the previous fiscal year. The prison population has grown over the past few

years, after a slight decrease from 1998 through 2000. There were 198 safekeepers in the prison

population on June 30, 2004.

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Total Felony Misdemeanant

Prison Population by Sentencing Grids

Structured Sentencing and Non- Structured Sentencing Misdemeanant

Prison Population as of June 30, 2004

Prior Record Level

Crime Class I II III

Undefined or

Non- Structured Total (%)

A1 28 75 365 0 468 ( 25%)

1 58 95 643 0 796 ( 42%)

2 4 10 20 0 34 ( 2%)

3 0 0 0 0 0

DWI - - - 555 555 ( 30%)

Other/ Undefined 1 0 0 22 23 ( 1%)

Total (%) 91 ( 5%) 180 ( 10%) 1,028 ( 54%) 591 ( 31%) 1,876 ( 100%)

Note: This does not include offenders committed as a safekeeper.

Although 30% of prison admissions in fiscal year 2003- 2004 are misdemeanants, misdemeanants

comprise only 5% of the population on June 30, 2004. This is largely due to shorter sentence

lengths for misdemeanor offenses. Forty- two percent of misdemeanant inmates in the prison

population at the end of the fiscal year are incarcerated for Class 1 offenses with a Prior Record

Date Population

6- 30- 2004 35,205

6- 30- 2003 33,583

6- 30- 2002 33,021

6- 30- 2001 31,899

6- 30- 2000 31,581

6- 30- 1999 31,914

6- 30- 1998 32,612

6- 30- 1997 32,529

6- 30- 1996 30,876

6- 30- 1995 27,052

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Level of II or III. Almost 30% of misdemeanants in the population have DWI convictions and

another 25% have a conviction for a Class A1 offense.

Structured Sentencing and Non- Structured Sentencing Felony

Prison Population as of June 30, 2004

Prior Record Level

Crime

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Non-

Structured Total (%)

A 523 47 45 18 6 3 684 1,326 ( 4%)

B1 344 284 148 100 17 16 801 1,710 ( 5%)

B2 794 764 357 206 47 28 1 2,197 ( 7%)

C 616 1,089 1,436 1,686 552 418 1,566 7,363 ( 22%)

D 1,249 1,284 954 620 137 107 918 5,269 ( 16%)

E 379 615 356 315 72 58 36 1,831 ( 6%)

F 727 621 471 366 97 93 137 2,512 ( 8%)

G 969 819 705 686 165 155 36 3,535 ( 11%)

H 513 1,143 1,171 1,165 449 449 371 5,261 ( 16%)

I 185 453 314 282 85 92 20 1,431 ( 4%)

Other - - - - - - 671 671 ( 2%)

Total (%) 6,299 ( 19%) 7,119 ( 22%) 5,957 ( 18%) 5,444 ( 16%) 1,627 ( 5%) 1,419 ( 4%) 5,241 ( 16%) 33,106 ( 100%)

Note: This does not include offenders committed as a safe- keeper.

The profile of the felony inmate population is very different from the profile of felony admissions

to prison. Class A- E offenses represent 19% of prison admissions but 60% of the prison

population on June 30, 2004, which has continued to increase over the past few years. Felons

have long sentences so they remain in the population over an extended period of time and account

for the projected growth in the prison population in the next few years ( Page 18 has information

on prison projections). For example, consider the difference in the admissions for Class A

offenders and the number in the population. There were 103 Class A admissions last fiscal year

and on June 30, 2004 there were 1,326 in the population. The sentence for these offenders is

either life in prison or death.

Crime Type of Prison Population on June 30th of Each Year

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Public Order

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The graph on the previous page illustrates the crime type of the prison population at the end of the

fiscal year for 1995 through 2004. There have been changes in the composition of the prison

population during this time period, and these changes may continue over time. The proportion of

property offenses in the prison population has decreased over the past ten years, from 28% of the

population in 1995 to 17% in 2004. There has been an increase in the proportion of both public

order and crimes against a person in the prison population. Public order offenses comprised 23%

of the population in 1995 and increased to 32% in 2004. In 1995, 49% of the population was

incarcerated for crimes against a person and in 2004 it was 51%.

Crime Type of Prison Population on June 30, 2004

Crime Type Felon Misdemeanant Undefined Total (%)

Crimes Against a Person 17,465 523 - 17,988 ( 51%)

Property Crimes 5,471 419 - 5,890 ( 17%)

Public Order Crimes 10,342 945 - 11,287 ( 32%)

Not Reported 12 3 25 40 (< 1%)

Total 33,290 ( 95%) 1,890 ( 5%) 25 (< 1%) 35,205 ( 100%)

Inmate Activities

The Division of Prisons coordinates a wide range of inmate work, educational, and rehabilitative

programs. Inmates are required to either work full time or to be assigned to a full time program.

Only inmates who pose a security risk, have health problems, or are in the admissions process are

exempt from the policy.

Work

In each prison facility, inmates are assigned a variety of jobs. Inmates are paid an incentive

wage, which is set by statute for the majority of these duties. Currently the incentive wage ranges

from $. 40 to $ 1.00 per day depending on the work assignment. Most inmates ( 71%) work inside

prison facilities.

Inmate Work Assignments

In Prison Facilities

Average Daily Assigned

During FY2003- 2004

Unit Services 4,831

Food Service 3,077

Correction Enterprises 1,940

Prison Maintenance 1,449

Construction 171

Other Jobs 1,068

Outside Prison Facilities

Road Squads 2,306

Community Work Crews 930

State and Local Government 702

Work Release 1,147

Total 17,621

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Unit Services - The largest assignment in prison facilities is Unit Services. Prison inmates in these

jobs perform janitorial and general maintenance duties.

Food Service – Inmates work in the kitchens of all prison facilities preparing and serving food to

other inmates. This assignment provides a relevant job skill and is beneficial to the prison system

because it reduces the cost of operating the facilities.

Correction Enterprises - Correction Enterprises is a separate division of the Department of

Correction, which administers industries on prison sites. Enterprise jobs provide opportunities to

put close and medium custody inmates to work inside prisons. Inmates are employed making car

license tags, street signs and highway signs, farming, food processing, printing, sewing, laundries,

and manufacturing. These jobs teach workers job skills and a work ethic that will enable them to

find employment upon release for prison. These jobs pay up to $ 3 per day based on skills

required for the job.

Prison Maintenance - Prison inmates are also involved in grounds keeping, light construction,

repair, and maintenance projects at prisons. These jobs include roofing, plumbing, wiring, and

other unit improvements.

Construction - In addition to cleaning and maintaining prisons, some inmates are assigned to new

prison construction projects. Inmates are generally chosen based on pre- existing skills in the

construction industry. As with the other categories of work, this experience gives inmates

valuable work experience for their release and helps to reduce the cost of new prison

construction.

Road Squads - Minimum and medium custody inmates work on the state's roads, patching

potholes, clearing right- of- way and picking up litter. Medium custody inmates work under the

supervision of armed correctional officers. Minimum custody inmates work under the direction of

Department of Transportation employees.

Community Work Crew and State and Local Government Agencies - Minimum or medium

custody inmates are assigned to Community Work Crews of ten inmates. One correctional

officer supervises them and they perform short- term, labor- intensive projects such as hurricane

cleanup, litter cleanup, painting schools and cleaning school buses. State and local government

agencies have labor contracts for inmates to work in the agency, often involving cleaning

building and grounds.

Work Release - Inmates who have proven themselves worthy of limited release from custody are

allowed to leave the prison unit for jobs. These inmates are nearing their release date and work

for businesses in the community. North Carolina started the first work release program in the

country in 1957. Inmates on work release receive prevailing market wages from their employers,

but must pay a room- and- board fee to the prison unit. For fiscal year 2003- 2004 inmates paid the

Department of Correction over $ 4 million in per diem and over nine hundred and twenty

thousand dollars for transportation and job- related expenses. They also paid child support,

restitution and reparation totaling $ 1,881,439. During this period inmates paid an additional

$ 1,474,592 for spousal support and other family expenses.

Programs

Inmates are recommended for participation in programs based on interests, abilities, needs

and whether the time remaining in their sentence allows completion of the program. Academic

and vocational education program are offered to inmates on a full- time basis at large institutions.

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Inmate Program Assignments

Average Daily Assignment

During FY2003- 2004

Type of Program Full Time Part Time

Academic Education 1,895 1,703

Vocational Education 1,907 477

Life Skills Programs 129 3,410

Academic Program - The Division of Prisons works with the community college system to

provide a full range of academic programs in prison. Adult basic education is the primary

academic program for inmates. It provides the basic knowledge, skills and attitudes to make adult

and youth inmates literate. Educational programs also prepare inmates for meaningful and

satisfying roles as working, contributing members of society. More than ninety percent of prison

facilities offer academic programs for inmates with an average monthly enrollment exceeding

8,300 students in 2003. That same year, 1,641 inmates passed the General Education

Development ( GED) test and nearly 7,292 earned college certificates, diplomas or degrees.

Associate degree programs are offered by community colleges and bachelor degree programs are

offered at two prison sites through Shaw University, a private university based in Raleigh, NC. In

addition, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has offered correspondence courses to

inmates for more than 30 years. The Department of Correction contracts with the University to

provide Independent Studies courses and a limited number of university credit classroom courses.

Vocational Program - A wide variety of vocational programs such as computer literacy, food

service training, electrical engineering technology, brick masonry, and job readiness are provided

through local community colleges. Participation in these programs can help inmates obtain work

with Correction Enterprises or a work release assignment.

Life Skills Programs – Life skills programs include several types of programs such as parenting

skills, team activities and Cognitive Behavioral Intervention ( CBI). CBI programs teach offenders

new skills and new ways of thinking that can lead to changes in their behavior and actions, and

ultimately affect their criminal conduct. CBI programs use a combination of approaches to

increase an offender’s awareness of self and others. This awareness is coupled with the teaching

of social skills to assist the offender with interpersonal problems. These specific types of

intervention programs assist an offender in “ restructuring” the thought process and teach

“ cognitive skills” to assist in basic decision- making and problem- solving. These programs are

lead by prison or community college staff that have been trained by the Department of

Correction.

Inmate Disciplinary Infractions

Inmate conformity to prison rules is necessary for the orderly, safe, and secure operation of

correctional facilities. Effective, fair, and consistent disciplinary procedures enhance the orderly

operation of the facility and reinforce appropriate behavior and responsibility. The disciplinary

offenses were reclassified in November 2000 into four classes from five, and all substance

possession is now a Class A offense. The most serious offenses remain in Class A, and Class D

offenses are the less serious infractions. An inmate can be charged with an attempt to commit an

offense, and that attempt is in the same Class as the infraction itself.

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Inmate Disciplinary Infractions for 2003- 2004

Infraction Count

Substance Possession 4,172

Assault Staff ( with Weapon, Throwing Liquids or Sexual Intent) 793

Refuse to Submit to a Drug/ Breath Test 604

Assault Person with Weapon 601

Attempt Class A Offense 592

Other 758

Class A Total 7,520

Sexual Act 3,098

Damage State/ Another’s Property 801

Weapon Possession 649

High Risk Act 550

Interfere with Staff 482

Lock Tampering 430

Other 793

Class B Total 6,803

Disobey Order 17,641

Profane Language 7,070

Unauthorized Leave 2,517

Fighting 1,976

Barter/ Trade or Loan Money 1,303

Threaten to Harm/ Injure Staff 1,241

Theft of Property 958

Misuse or Unauthorized Use of Phone/ Mail 935

Other 1,805

Class C Total 35,446

Unauthorized Items ( No threat contraband) 2,430

Unauthorized Location 1,805

Unauthorized Funds 998

Illegal Clothing 403

Gambling 387

Create Offensive Condition 380

Other 694

Class D Total 7,097

Total Infractions 56,866

In the 2003- 2004 fiscal year there were 56,866 infractions, which is a 5% decrease over the

number in the 2002- 2003 fiscal year, with 59,884 infractions. Of these, 7,520 were Class A

infractions, of which the majority ( 55%) were substance possession. The next most frequent Class

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A offense was assault on staff with 793 in the 2003- 2004 fiscal year. There were 6,803 Class B

infractions including sexual act, damaging property, weapon possession, interfering with staff and

lock tampering. The majority of the infractions in the 2003- 2004 fiscal year were for Class C

offenses, with 35,446 or 62% of the total infractions for the year. Half of these, or 17,641 were

for disobeying an order. Other Class C infractions include profane language, fighting,

unauthorized leave, bartering, threatening staff, and theft of property. Possession of unauthorized

items ( including clothing and money), being in an unauthorized location, and gambling are some

of the infractions that make up the final Class of infractions.

Presumptive punishments are established for each infraction such as: confinement in disciplinary

segregation for up to 60 days, demotion in custody, sentence reduction credits, and suspension of

privileges including radio, organized sports, visitation, or other leisure time activities. There is

also an administrative fee of ten dollars paid by inmates found guilty of committing an infraction

to offset the costs of staff time.

Escapes and Captures

The primary goal of the Department is to protect the community. However, some inmates escape

from prison each year, though most are apprehended. In 2003- 2004 there were 61 escapes.

Minimum custody inmates are often on work release and participate in other activities in the

community. Many escapes are the result of the minimum custody inmate not returning to the

prison on time from his job, so a capture is recorded the same day. Only one inmate that escaped

during the 2003- 2004 fiscal year was not captured by the end of the February, 2005.

Demographics of Prison Population on June 30, 2004

Male Female

Age

Category White Black Other White Black Other Total

13- 18 134 333 32 11 13 0 523 ( 1%)

19- 21 633 1,505 143 58 51 4 2,394 ( 7%)

22- 25 1,294 3,042 400 145 136 15 5,032 ( 14%)

26- 30 1,549 3,656 485 227 167 21 6,105 ( 17%)

31- 35 1,732 3,331 389 197 204 19 5,872 ( 17%)

36- 40 1,637 2,919 231 225 219 14 5,245 ( 15%)

41- 45 1,581 2,520 172 161 174 12 4,620 ( 13%)

46- 50 972 1,462 105 86 81 7 2,713 ( 8%)

51- 55 562 750 45 40 38 1 1,436 ( 4%)

56- 60 324 317 21 22 5 1 690 ( 2%)

61- 65 179 112 10 17 3 1 322 (< 1%)

66- 70 83 44 7 5 0 0 139 (< 1%)

71+ 67 41 4 1 1 0 114 (< 1%)

Total 10,747 ( 31%) 20,032 ( 57%) 2,044 ( 6%) 1,195 ( 3%) 1,092 ( 3%) 95 (< 1%) 35,205 ( 100%)

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C. Prison Releases

Prison Release Trend

During the fiscal year 2003- 2004, there were 23,709 releases from prisons. This slight increase in

releases from the previous year continues the upward trend started in the 2002- 2003 fiscal year.

0

5,000

10,000

15,000

20,000

25,000

30,000

94- 95 95- 96 96- 97 97- 98 98- 99 99- 00 00- 01 01- 02 02- 03 03- 04

Type of Release

Releases from prison are affected by sentencing policies. Inmates are usually released from

prison due to the expiration of their sentence or on parole ( sentences prior to Structured

Sentencing).

1,687 ( 7%) 1,556 ( 7%) 1,441 ( 6%) 247 ( 1%)

18,778 ( 79%)

0

5,000

10,000

15,000

20,000

Expiration of

Sentence

Release on

Parole

Released on

Post- Release

Release

Safekeeper or

PSD

All Others

The majority ( 79%) of releases from prison in fiscal year 2003- 2004 were due to the expiration of

an inmate’s sentence. The releases due to parole have decreased steadily over the past few years

since only non- structured sentence inmates are eligible for parole. In fiscal year 1998- 1999, 21%

of prison exits were for parole, 13% in 2000- 2001 and only 7% of prison exits for fiscal year

2003- 2004. This decrease in parole type exits is expected to continue since the proportion of the

prison population sentenced prior to Structured Sentencing will continue to decrease.

Fiscal

Year Total

2003- 2004 23,709

2002- 2003 23,034

2001- 2002 22,638

2000- 2001 22,806

1999- 2000 25,614

1998- 1999 25,859

1997- 1998 25,326

1996- 1997 22,789

1995- 1996 19,357

1994- 1995 23,466

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However, the number of post- release supervision inmates will continue to increase steadily, as it

has over the past few years. In 1998- 1999 there were only 235 releases on post- release, 1,051 in

2000- 2001 and 1,556 in the 2003- 2004 fiscal year. These are releases of inmates incarcerated for

Class E and higher offenses under Structured Sentencing. Inmates that exit prison on post- release

have a mandatory nine months of probation supervision upon release.

Safe- keeper and Pre- sentenced diagnostic ( PSD) releases are un- sentenced inmates who are held

temporarily in prison. Most prison exits in the category labeled All Others are court ordered

releases, but also include the death of the inmate, Interstate Correctional Compact, and execution.

Through the Interstate Correctional Compact inmates are transferred to facilities in other states.

There were eight executions in 2003- 2004.

Time Served by Inmates Released in the 2003- 2004 Fiscal Year

North Carolina enacted numerous sentencing laws in the 1970’ s, 1980’ s, and 1990’ s that govern

when and how inmates are released from prison. In 1994, North Carolina enacted Structured

Sentencing guidelines. The purpose of Structured Sentencing is to use prison for the most serious

and chronic offender, and to incarcerate those offenders for longer periods of time. Less serious

and less chronic offenders receive punishments in the community, or shorter prison sentences.

Structured Sentencing abolished discretionary parole release and authorized judges to set a

minimum and maximum sentence for felons and a flat sentence for misdemeanants, based on the

severity of the crime of conviction and the prior record level of the offender. Felony Structured

Sentencing inmates must serve the entire minimum sentence and may have served the maximum

sentence, an additional 20% above the minimum sentence. For example, an inmate must serve 5

years and may serve up to 6 years unless he/ she earns credits off of the maximum sentence for

good behavior, working and participating in programs. Therefore, all felony inmates sentenced

under Structured Sentencing will serve at least 100% of their minimum sentence.

In FY 2003- 2004, 13,590 Structured Sentencing felons were released from prison. These inmates

served, on average, 18.9 months in prison, serving 109% of their minimum sentence. Since

Structured Sentencing is relatively new, these releases reflect inmates with relatively short

sentences for less serious offenses. The amount of time served increases each year as inmates

who receive longer sentences under Structured Sentencing are released. This increase is expected

to continue for several years.

Judges order misdemeanants to serve a specific sentence and they can earn 4 days per month off

the sentence for good behavior, working, and participating in programs. For example, a

misdemeanor inmate who has a sentence of 4 months must serve 3.5 months and may serve up to

4 months. During this period there were 4,650 Structured Sentencing misdemeanants released,

having served an average of 3.9 months and 95% of their sentence.

Prior to Structured Sentencing inmates were sentenced under several different sentencing laws

that allowed the Parole Commission to release inmates early from prison on parole. Sentences

under these laws appear longer than Structured Sentencing sentences, but judges knew when they

ordered a sentence that the inmate would not serve close to the full sentence. The major

determinants of when inmates were released from prison under these parole- eligibility laws

depended on the good time and gain time credits the inmate earned. Prior to Structured

Sentencing, as soon as the inmate entered prison, he was awarded good time credits which

reduced his sentence by 50%, and he could also earn additional gain time credits off of his

sentence for certain behaviors. Therefore, it is not possible to make accurate comparisons of time

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served or percent of sentence served between inmates released from prison under Structured

Sentencing laws and non- Structured Sentencing laws. Comparisons are not meaningful when the

policies and intent of sentencing laws are so different.

In fiscal year 2003- 2004, there were 599 non- Structured Sentencing felons released from prison

for the first time. Those who were paroled and then returned to prison were excluded from these

calculations. Since these inmates represented some very serious offenses, they served, on

average, 134 months before release. These inmates served, on average, 43% of their court-imposed

sentence, due to good time, gain time and parole eligibility rules. During this period,

2,612 non- Structured misdemeanants were released from prison, the majority were serving time

for Driving While Impaired convictions that fall under the Safe Roads Act. These inmates served,

on average, 5.7 months and 43% of their court- imposed sentence due to good time, gain time and

parole eligibility rules.

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Prison Population Projections

The table below shows ten- year prison population projections by fiscal year. The prison

population projections were completed in two parts. The Sentencing Commission prepared

prison population projections for all offenders sentenced on or after July 1, 2004 ( new

population). The Department of Correction prepared projections for all offenders in prison as of

June 30, 2004 ( resident prison population). The final combined projections take into account the

decline of the resident prison population ( structured sentencing releases, parole releases, and

max- outs) and the buildup of the new inmate population ( new sentences, probation revocations,

parole revocations, and post- release supervision revocations). Added to these figures is the

estimated number of safekeepers and DWI offenders held in the state prison system.

Prison Population Projections

Prepared January 2005

By the Sentencing and Policy Advisory Commission In Conjunction with the

Department of Correction’s Office of Research and Planning

FISCAL

YEAR

PROJECTION

as of June 30

Estimate Of Standard

Operating Prison

Capacity1

Estimate Of Expanded

Operating Prison

Capacity2

2005 36,885 31,500 36,119

2006 38,106 32,396 37,015

2007 39,021 33,292 37,911

2008 39,864 34,188 38,807

2009 40,750 34,188 38,807

2010 41,668 34,188 38,807

2011 42,594 34,188 38,807

2012 43,499 34,188 38,807

2013 44,381 34,188 38,807

2014 45,312 34,188 38,807

1 Standard Operating Capacity ( SOC) is the number of single cells with one inmate per cell plus the

number of inmates who can be housed in dormitories by dividing the gross square feet of each dormitory

by 50 square feet and rounding to the closest double bunk configuration.

2 Expanded Operating Capacity ( EOC) is the number of inmates housed in dormitories that operate at

varying percentages ( not to exceed 130%) beyond their Standard Operating Capacity ( SOC), plus the

number of single cells with one inmate per cell, plus the number of single cells that house two inmates per

cell that meet American Correctional Association ( ACA) standards for space per inmate.

These projections include both the Expanded Operating Capacity ( EOC) and the Standard

Operating Capacity ( SOC) of all prison facilities. Based on these figures, the projected prison

population will exceed both standard and expanded operating prison capacity for all ten years of

the projection. In addition to an anticipated increase in growth in general, the projected increase

in the prison population can be attributed to changes in two of the primary determining factors of

the prison population: 1) an increase in the number of new convictions, which directly impacts

the number of prison admissions resulting from the commission of new crimes; and 2) FSA and

pre- FSA inmates are serving longer sentences than previously projected.

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II. Division of Community Corrections

The Division of Community Corrections provides supervision of offenders sentenced to probation

or released from the Division of Prisons on parole or for post- release supervision.

Probation/ parole officers control offenders in the community by enforcing compliance with the

conditions of probation, parole or post- release supervision and monitoring offender behavior.

Officers refer offenders to rehabilitative services and work with other agencies to encourage

participation in programs such as substance abuse treatment, mental health treatment, educational,

and vocational training. As of June 30, 2004 there were 117,196 offenders under the supervision

of the Division of Community Corrections.

The Structured Sentencing Act ( SSA), enacted in 1994, provides judicial guidelines for judges to

sentence offenders to a community punishment, intermediate punishment, or active sentence in

prison. As well as prioritizing prison resources for the most serious and chronic offenders, the

SSA shifts some less serious, less chronic offenders from prison sentences to intermediate

punishments in the community. Intermediate punishments are designed to be very intrusive and

intense, restricting the offender’s liberty while they remain in the community; community

punishments are not as restrictive. The judge determines whether to order an intermediate or a

community punishment based on the seriousness of the offense and the offender’s prior criminal

record. Examples of community punishments are traditional probation, community service, and

victim restitution. Examples of intermediate punishments are intensive supervision, electronic

house arrest, and residential facilities.

In order to comply with the intent of the Structured Sentencing Act, the Division of Community

Corrections developed a new case management policy. Offenders on probation, parole, or post-release

supervision are supervised based on the court sentence received, conditions imposed, their

behavior, and needs. If an offender initially receives an intermediate punishment in court, or if

the Parole/ Post- Release Supervision Commission sets an intermediate sanction as a special

condition when the offender is released from prison, the offender will always be supervised at an

intermediate supervision level. The offender may progress or regress through three intermediate

supervision levels. An offender who receives a community punishment from the judge will be

supervised in one of three community supervision levels, depending on the offender’s risk level

as determined by the Offender Trait Inventory and the officer’s judgment. A community

punishment offender who violates probation may subsequently receive an intermediate

punishment in court. After completing the intermediate punishment the offender may, by

demonstrating compliance, progress through the intermediate supervision levels and return to a

community supervision level.

Intermediate supervision officers are required to verify the residence and employment of

offenders, meet with offenders at their residence and/ or in the field both during the day and in the

evenings and on weekends, including curfew checks at the residence. In addition, they contact

the offender’s family, contact law enforcement/ other criminal justice agencies/ service agencies

involved with the offender, execute criminal record checks, and monitor court indebtedness on a

frequent basis. Community supervision officers have similar requirements, but do not see

offenders as often and do not perform curfew checks.

Intermediate supervision officers have more work experience than community supervision

officers, and they receive specialized training. They are required to conduct the vast majority of

offender contacts in the field, away from the relative safety of the office. These officers have

smaller caseload goals ( 60 active cases) than community supervision officers ( 90 active cases).

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Officers who specialize in intensive supervision cases have lower caseload goals ( 25 active

cases).

The Division of Community Corrections also administers the Criminal Justice Partnership

Program ( CJPP). The CJPP is a grant program to local government to operate community

corrections programs. Local advisory boards determine the type of community corrections

program to operate ( e. g. day reporting centers, satellite substance abuse programs). There are 91

counties involved in the Partnership initiative this fiscal year. These programs provide varying

degrees of structure and monitoring to offenders, and a range of rehabilitative services.

Cost of Sanctions

The Department calculates an average cost of sanctions annually. The figures include the direct

costs of supervision and indirect administrative costs. The average daily cost of supervising one

offender ranges from $ 1.87 on regular probation/ parole to $ 10.94 on intensive probation/ parole.

Division of Community Corrections

Programs

2003- 2004 Daily Cost

per Offender

Regular Probation/ Parole $ 1.87

Electronic House Arrest $ 5.89

Intensive Probation/ Parole $ 10.94

Criminal Justice Partnership Sentenced Offender Programs $ 11.61

Drug Screening ( per specimen) $ 3.84

Community Work Service Program $ 0.67

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A. Probation

Probation Entry Trend

During the fiscal year 2003- 2004, there were 61,350 new offender entries to probation, a slight

decrease from the past year’s entries.

0

10,000

20,000

30,000

40,000

50,000

60,000

70,000

94- 95 95- 96 96- 97 97- 98 98- 99 99- 00 00- 01 01- 02 02- 03 03- 04

Felon Misdemeanant Total

The vast majority ( 72%) of entries to probation are misdemeanants. Felons represent 27% of the

probation entries for fiscal year 2003- 2004. The proportion of felons to misdemeanants has

remained very consistent over the past ten years.

Crime Type of 2003- 2004 Probation Entries

The crimes of offenders entering probation supervision are grouped in one of three categories:

public order, property and crimes against a person.

410 ( 1%)

32,052 ( 52%)

19,026 ( 31%)

9,862 ( 16%)

0

5,000

10,000

15,000

20,000

25,000

30,000

35,000

Crimes Against a

Person

Property Crimes Public Order Crimes Not Reported

Fiscal

Year Total

2003- 2004 61,350

2002- 2003 62,262

2001- 2002 62,746

2000- 2001 60,845

1999- 2000 60,114

1998- 1999 60,378

1997- 1998 61,769

1996- 1997 58,460

1995- 1996 51,544

1994- 1995 49,476

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The most frequent crime type for probation entries is public order crimes, accounting for 52% of

all entries to probation during the 2003- 2004 fiscal year. The predominant public order crimes,

contributing the majority of entries to probation this fiscal year, are drug offenses with 12,622

( 39%), driving while impaired with 9,047 ( 28%) and other traffic violations with 7,214 ( 23%).

Property crimes accounted for 31% of all entries to probation. The most frequent offense in this

category is larceny with 7,664 ( 40%). Other property offenses include fraud with 2,956 ( 16%),

breaking and entering with 2,963 ( 16%), worthless checks with 1,491 ( 8%) and forgery with

1,253 ( 7%).

There are 9,862 entries to probation for crimes against a person, contributing 16% of all entries to

probation for the 2003- 2004 fiscal year. The majority of these crimes are assaults with 7,736

( 78%). This category also includes sexual offenses with 832 ( 8%) and robbery with 579 ( 6%).

Probation Population by Sentencing Grids

The Structured Sentencing Act prescribes punishments in the community based on the

seriousness of the crime and criminal history. The probation population on June 30, 2004 was

113,928, sixty- five percent of which were misdemeanor offenders. The first sentencing table

shows the distribution of the misdemeanor population by their primary offense sentence:

Misdemeanor Sentencing Table for Probation Population on June 30, 2004

Prior Record Level

Crime Class I II III

Undefined or

Non- Structured Total (%)

A1 2,980 3,814 1,984 37 8,815 ( 12%)

1 13,529 14,252 6,962 161 34,904 ( 47%)

2 3,666 3,471 1,276 22 8,435 ( 11%)

3 1,023 903 396 4 2,326 ( 3%)

Non- Structured Sentencing Crimes - - - 20,048 20,048 ( 26%)

Undefined - - - 15 15 (. 02%)

Total (%) 21,198 ( 29%) 22,440 ( 30%) 10,618 ( 14%) 20,287 ( 26%) 74,543

Note: The Undefined category contains offenders that had missing crime information.

Almost half ( 47%) of the misdemeanant probation population was convicted of Class 1 offenses.

The most frequent crime categories in the Class 1 offenses are larceny, non- trafficking drugs,

assault, and traffic violations. Class A1 offenses contribute 12% to the misdemeanant population,

almost all of which are assaults. Class 2 is the next largest, with the primary offenses in this class

being worthless checks, assault and other public order offenses. The remaining class, Class 3,

consists largely of non- trafficking drugs and larceny convictions

The second largest group of misdemeanors under supervision was probationers with non-

Structured Sentencing crimes, which comprise 26% of the population at the end of the fiscal year.

These offenders are sentenced for Driving While Impaired under separate legislation, the Safe

Roads Act of 1983. Other non- Structured Sentencing offenders include Interstate Compact and

offenders supervised under Deferred Prosecution.

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Felony Sentencing Table for the Probation Population on June 30, 2004

Prior Record Level

Crime

Class

I

0pts

II

1- 4 pts

III

5- 8 pts

IV

9- 14 pts

V

15- 18 pts

VI

19+ pts

Undefined

or Non-

Structured Total (%)

E 887 723 18 9 0 0 36 1,673 ( 4%)

F 1,587 1,030 455 31 0 1 80 3,184 ( 8%)

G 1,341 1,499 605 324 4 2 47 3,822 ( 10%)

H 6,212 5,435 2,139 1,038 202 27 676 15,729 ( 41%)

I 4,446 4,494 1,720 642 112 87 333 11,834 ( 31%)

Non- Structured Sentencing Crimes - - - - - - 1,832 1,832 ( 5%)

Undefined - - - - - - 547 547 ( 1%)

Total (%) 14,473

( 38%)

13,181

( 34%)

4,937

( 13%)

2,044

( 5%)

318

(< 1%)

117

(< 1%)

3,551

( 7%)

38,621

Note: The Undefined category contains offenders that had missing crime information.

The felony sentencing table above describes felons in the probation population at the end of the

fiscal year 2003- 2004. The felony crime class with the largest number in the probation population

is Class H, representing 41% of all felons on probation. The offenses in this crime class include

non- trafficking drug offenses, larceny, breaking and entering, and fraud. Class I offenses

represented 31% of probationers with felony convictions, largely non- trafficking drug offense and

forgery. Classes E and F represent the smallest proportion of felons on probation on June 30,

2004. These classes include more serious offenses such as assault, robbery and sexual offenses.

Type of Probation Exits

Probation Exits in the 2003- 2004 Fiscal Year

2,419 ( 4%)

19,430 ( 31%)

8,892 ( 14%)

18,270 ( 30%)

12,768 ( 21%)

0

5,000

10,000

15,000

20,000

25,000

Completion Revocation Early

Termination

Elect to

Serve

Other Exits

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Of the 61,779 probation exits in fiscal year 2003- 2004, 21% were completions. In order to exit

probation supervision as a completion the offender must serve the entire term sentenced by the

court and meet all conditions of probation.

Revocations represent 30% of all exits from probation. An offender is revoked due to non-compliance

with the conditions of probation which includes committing a new crime. Probation

may also be revoked for technical violations of probation such as positive drug tests, non-reporting,

failing to attend treatment, etc. The exits classified as Elect to Serve ( 4%) are often

combined with the revocations for an overal revocation rate, because the offender will elect to

serve his or her suspended sentence rather than comply with additional sanctions imposed as a

result of the violation process, effectively producing the same supervision outcome.

Early Terminations, which accounted for 31% of exits, may be a successful or unsuccessful end

of probation supervision. The court may satisfactorly terminate probation for several reasons.

These may be cases in which all conditions of probation were met early and the supervision

ended. Other possibilities for exits in the termination category are unsuccessful probation cases

in which the offender absconded and is not apprehended, or received new criminal charges and

probation ended due to incarceration.

Finally, the “ Other Exits” category includes exits due to the offender’s death, the closure of a case

sentenced in another state but supervised in North Carolina through an Interstate Compact

Agreement, or other termination not further described.

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B. Post- Release Supervision

Post- Release Entry Trend

During the fiscal year 2003- 2004, there were 1,428 entries to post- release supervision. The

number of post- release supervision entries has increased steadily since the 1996- 1997 fiscal year

due to the Structured Sentencing Act.

0

200

400

600

800

1,000

1,200

1,400

1,600

1996-

1997

1997-

1998

1998-

1999

1999-

2000

2000-

2001

2001-

2002

2002-

2003

2003-

2004

Post- release supervision provides oversight during the period of re- entry in the community for

serious offenders who have been sentenced and served prison terms. This form of supervision

was incorporated into the Structured Sentencing Act for offenders who serve long prison

sentences and need control and assistance readjusting to life outside of the correctional institution.

All offenders serving a prison sentence for a Class B1 through E felony conviction are supervised

for nine months to five years, depending on the offense, after completion of their required prison

term.

Post- Release Population by Structured Sentencing Grids

Fiscal year 1996- 1997 was the first year after the adoption of Structured Sentencing that cases

were assigned to post- release supervision. The Sentencing Grid below reflects the population on

post- release supervision at the end of fiscal year 2003- 2004. The number of offenders in the grid

is relatively small due to the long prison sentences for the offenses in these cells.

This is only the third year offenders convicted of Class B2 offenses have entered post- release. In

addition, this is the first year that Class B1 offenders have been released on post- release as a

result of the long sentences for those crimes. The distribution of the offenders on post- release

supervision will not adequately reflect the population convicted of these crimes for many years

due to the length of the sentences they serve. The population at the end of this fiscal year reflects

a 16.4% increase over the population on June 30, 2003 of 1,173.

Fiscal

Year Total

2003- 2004 1,428

2002- 2003 1,403

2001- 2002 1,151

2000- 2001 1,041

1999- 2000 937

1998- 1999 727

1997- 1998 394

1996- 1997 83

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Felony Sentencing Table for the Post- Release Population on June 30, 2004

Prior Record Level

Crime

Class

I

0 pts

II

1- 4 pts

III

5- 8 pts

IV

9- 14 pts

V

15- 18 pts

VI

19+ pts Undefined Total (%)

B1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 (< 1%)

B2 13 5 0 0 0 0 0 18 ( 1%)

C 89 78 67 34 2 1 1 272 ( 20%)

D 209 163 46 15 0 0 5 438 ( 32%)

E 201 224 107 66 8 7 0 613 ( 45%)

Undefined 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 23 ( 2%)

Total (%) 512 ( 38%) 471 ( 35%) 220( 16%) 115 ( 8%) 10 (< 1%) 8 (< 1%) 29 ( 2%) 1365

The majority of offenders on post- release supervision on June 30, 2004 were convicted of Class E

offenses. Within Class E, the largest proportion ( 58%) was assaults. Other examples of crime

categories for Class E offenses on post- release supervision are kidnapping/ abduction, robbery,

and sexual assault. All inmates released to post- release supervision for conviction of sexual

offenses are supervised for five years. Among those supervised for Class D offense, 67% had

robbery convictions. The other predominant crime categories in Class D were sexual assault and

burglary and manslaughter. The largest number of Class C offenders was habitual felons at 52%,

followed by sexual assaults and assaults.

Type of Post- Release Exits

Post- Release Exits in the 2003- 2004 Fiscal Year

27 ( 2%)

217 ( 17%)

1,029 ( 80%)

0

200

400

600

800

1,000

1,200

Completion Revocation/ Elect to Serve Other Exits

The majority ( 80%) of exits from post- release supervision were completions. When the offender

completes this period of supervision, the sentence for which the offender was placed on

supervision is terminated. An offender on post- release supervision may be revoked for a

technical violation such as positive drug tests, non- reporting, failing to attend treatment, or for

additional criminal convictions. There were 215 Revocations and 2 offenders who Elected to

Serve the remainder of their sentece in prison.

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C. Parole

Parole Entry Trend

During the fiscal year 2003- 2004, there were 1,841 entries to parole supervision. There has been

a steady decline in parole entries over the past nine years.

0

2,000

4,000

6,000

8,000

10,000

12,000

14,000

16,000

18,000

94- 95 95- 96 96- 97 97- 98 98- 99 99- 00 00- 01 01- 02 02- 03 03- 04

This decline in entries to parole is due to the adoption of Structured Sentencing. The Structured

Sentencing Act eliminated parole for offenders sentenced under those laws. The inmates that are

eligible for parole were sentenced for convictions under other sentencing laws. Since Non-

Structured Sentencing inmates comprised approximately 17% of the prison population on June

30, 2004, paroles will continue, although with a decreasing number annually.

Crime Type of Parole Population

79 ( 4%)

712 ( 37%)

401 ( 21%)

711 ( 37%)

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

Crimes Against a

Person

Property Public Order Not Reported

Fiscal

Year Total

2003- 2004 1,841

2002- 2003 2,097

2001- 2002 2,435

2000- 2001 3,187

1999- 2000 4,298

1998- 1999 5,747

1997- 1998 8,224

1996- 1997 9,956

1995- 1996 10,141

1994- 1995 15,954

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There were 1,903 offenders on parole supervision on June 30, 2004. Thirty- seven percent of this

population was convicted of public order crimes the majority of which are drug offenses ( 288)

and driving while impaired ( 319).

The most frequent property crime categories were larceny ( 118), burglary ( 120), breaking and

entering ( 65), and fraud ( 48). Finally, the offenses in the crime against a person category include

robbery ( 226), assault ( 108), and second- degree murder ( 154).

Type of Parole Exits

Parole Exits in the 2003- 2004 Fiscal Year

345 ( 18%)

141 ( 7%)

1,488 ( 75%)

0

200

400

600

800

1,000

1,200

1,400

1,600

Completion Revocation All Other

The majority ( 75%) of exits from parole supervision were completions. There were 141 or 7% of

the exits from parole supervision were due to revocation. An offender on parole supervision may

be revoked for the same types of technical violation as probation and post- release cases. The “ All

Other” category includes cases where there was a closure of a case supervised in North Carolina

but sentenced in another state, a successsful or unsuccesssful termination, or the offender died.

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Intermediate Sanctions for Supervised Offenders

Intermediate sanctions are sanctions that are more severe and restrictive than traditional probation

but less severe and restrictive than prison. Intermediate sanctions are also more costly than

traditional probation but less costly than incarceration in prison. They provide a way to graduate

punishment or control in the community by increasing or decreasing supervision based on the

offender’s behavior. Confinement in prison or jail always remains an option for noncompliance

with the court or Parole/ PRS Commission’s conditions. The six intermediate sanctions in North

Carolina are listed in the table below.

Intermediate Sanction Utilization in the 2003- 2004 Fiscal Year

Sanction

Began in

Fiscal Year 2003- 2004

Population as of

June 30, 2004

Intensive Supervision 14,626 8,493

Electronic House Arrest 3,081 862

Day Reporting Centers 1,587 886

Split Sentence/ Special Probation 3,415 658

Residential Community Correction Facility 1,017 432

Intensive Supervision: The Division continued operation of the Intensive Sanction during the

year, using a two- officer supervision team concept. Multiple contacts by both officers are used to

monitor compliance, enhance control, and address treatment needs. The Judiciary sentenced more

offenders to this sanction during the year than all of the other sanctions combined.

Electronic House Arrest: The Division continued its operation of the EHA Sanction during the

year, combining officer contact with radio/ computer technology to monitor the offender. The

computer, radio, and communication technologies provide assistance with control elements of

supervision while Division Intermediate officers focus on supervision and treatment components.

In this most restrictive community sanction, offenders are allowed to leave their residence only

for treatment, employment, or education purposes.

Day Reporting Centers: Criminal Justice Partnership funded centers continued operations across

the state, focusing on program/ service delivery to offenders. Offenders assigned to this sanction

report to the center on a structured and frequent basis, receiving such services as substance abuse

treatment, vocational training, GED, and cognitive behavioral interventions. Local government or

non- profit agency employees operate the centers, with the Divisions Intermediate Officers

supervising the offenders and maintaining a presence within the facilities.

Residential Treatment: Residential treatment facilities, operated outside the scope of the Division,

exist to address specific treatment or behavior needs. Offenders ordered to participate in this

sanction must spend a specific period of time living within the facility, usually from a 30- day

period to as much as a two- year period. Most residential programs are operated by the non- profit

sector, although the Department of Correction does operate one residential treatment programs;

DART Cherry therapeutic community.

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Supervised Offender Programs & Special Initiatives

The Division of Community Corrections offers a number of programs for offenders to participate

in during their sentence of supervision. These programs assist in supervision and provide a

specialized intervention to offenders.

Community Service Work Program:

Established as a grant program and later within the 1983 Safe Roads Act, CSWP was transferred

to the Division through legislative action effective January 2002. During the 2003- 2004 fiscal

year 130 community service coordinators completed work site placements for 60,771 ( 25,890

supervised, 34,881 unsupervised) offenders ordered to perform community service hours, and

continued work with another 23,000 offenders that were in the process of completing hours at the

start of the fiscal year. Offenders completed 1,876,235 work hours with an estimated value of $

10,299,799 for the completed work to the agencies and local community. In addition, $ 7.6

million in fees were collected for the states General Fund.

Sex Offender Control:

The Division developed initiative using the containment approach to manage sex offenders in the

community continued steady progress during the year. Sixteen districts started the year

supervising offenders according to the initiatives guidelines, and during the year specialized

training was conducted across the state to expand the program. By May 2004, the sex offender

control program had expanded statewide. According to OPUS, 237 offenders were admitted to

the program during the year and 579 were under supervision in the initiative at the close of the

fiscal year. This represented an increase of 38% in offenders under supervision from the prior

fiscal year.

Domestic Violence Offender Control:

Several urban areas continued with specialized supervision of domestic violence offenders during

the year, with districts 26 and 10 having specialized units working directly with the courts.

During the year program staff continued to review training for officers and identify best practices.

According to OPUS at the close of the year, 1219 offenders were admitted during the year and

1352 were under supervision for domestic violence issues. This represents an increase of 21% of

offenders under supervision at the close of the fiscal year.

Schools Partnership:

The Division continued collaborative relationships with high schools in all districts during the

year with officers supervising students attending school in a specialized work assignment

handling designated schools. The officers provide enhanced supervision by maintaining direct

and continuous contact with teachers, school resource officers, guidance counselors, and

administrators. This team approach has as its focus to maintain the offender in the mainstream

school environment. 562 youthful offenders were under supervision in this initiative at the close

of the fiscal year.

Going Home Initiative

The Departments Office of Research and Planning received a $ 1.3 million dollar federal grant to

address the issue of transition and reentry services for offenders returning to the community.

During 2004, the state level planning team consisting of members from DOP, DCC, Parole

Commission, DACDP, Victim Services, CJPP, DHHS, Commerce and the NC Community

College System assisted the GHI Project Director with implementation of the SVORI grant.

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A three- phase process was established using the Offender Management Model ( OMM). Phase

One is Institution- Based Programs in which DCC staff participate on a local team led by DOP

case managers. The local team meets with offenders regularly during the 12 months prior to

release in order to determine what additional DOP program( s) could assist the offenders’ return to

the community. Phase Two is Community- Based Transition Programs when DCC staff will

lead the team effort while providing supervision in the community. The team also consists of

representatives from local treatment providers, joblink career centers, educational and/ or

vocational training providers, faith- based partners and various other local partners depending on

the needs of the offender. The final phase, Phase Three is Community- Based Long- Term

Support Programs that focus on community agencies providing a supportive environment for

the offender post supervision. This includes continuing to provide mentoring to sustain and

support the individual for long term change. Counties participating in the Going Home Initiative

include Catawba, Burke, McDowell, Caldwell, Buncombe, Henderson, Durham, Wake, Pitt,

Lenoir, Greene, Duplin, and Wayne.

Transition Services and JobStart:

The Division remained a key partner in the continuing commitment to providing offenders with

better transitional services to aid in stability within the community and to place offenders back in

the community with gainful employment. The JobStart project continued to operate through four

prison facilities, Morrison, Polk Youth, Raleigh Correctional Center for Women, and Western

Youth. Designated DCC field staff is assigned to support the project by providing resource

information to aid in preparing inmates to adjust to post release/ parole supervision conditions, as

to assist as workforce development agents. A second project was started during the year where

DCC field staff provides information on the performance of the ex- inmates within the community

to aid in further development of job preparation and job performance education assistance

provided to inmates to prepare them for the workforce.

Hispanic Services:

During the year the Programs section initiated a sub- committee of the Divisions Personnel

Committee to review the growing issue of Hispanic offenders. The purpose of this group is to

assess our needs in this area and aid in the development of resources. Examples of the groups

work thus far include the creation of a Hispanic brochure to describe the criminal justice system

and probation supervision, development of printed materials regarding cultural differences to

assist the offenders and our officers, and the development of a lesson plan for training on the

supervision of Hispanic offenders.

Victim Notification Program:

Effective April 1, 2004 the reorganized program began operations. Due to budget reductions from

the previous two legislative sessions that reduced Division resources, a centralized victim

notification process was established. The victims rights act mandated notifications for the

Division are now generated in an automated manner through updates to offender records within

OPUS. In order to develop this revised concept, approximately thirteen enhancements were made

to OPUS. The notices, which are specified letters addressed and sent directly to the victim;

continue to explain changes the offenders supervision, movements into or out of an intermediate

sanction, violation and violation hearings, absconding from supervision and capture, restitution

changes, case terminations, and the death of an offender. For the final three months of the fiscal

year ( April- June), the program had an average victim caseload of 3,631 and provided an average

of 2,053 notifications per month.

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Supervised Population Projections

Each year the Department of Correction’s Office of Research and Planning projects the total

number of offenders who will be under probation, post- release and parole supervision. The

statistical model projects the supervision population based on aggregate data trends. The primary

factors that influence the population projections are the projected number of entries to supervision

and the estimated average length of stay for various supervision levels. The population projection

integrates Structured Sentencing probation entry projections for the next five years provided by

the North Carolina Sentencing and Policy Advisory Commission. Length of stay and entries to

probation for Driving While Impaired, post- release supervision and parole are derived by

Research and Planning staff based on historical trends

The table below contains the projections of the supervision population that excludes absconders

from the projected population. An absconder is an offender on probation that is actively avoiding

supervision by making his/ her whereabouts unknown to the supervising officer. The Division of

Community Corrections currently assigns the responsibility for capturing absconders to

surveillance officers. Once the absconder is captured, he/ she returns to active supervision by the

probation/ parole officer.

Total Supervision Projections ( Absconders Excluded) for June 30th of Each Fiscal Year

Fiscal Year

Total Supervised

Projected

Population

Population

Projection by Type of

Supervision

Required

Officer

Resources

Current

Officer

Resources

7,883 Intensive 315 347

2004- 2005 101,752 35,712 Intermediate 595 556

58,157 Community 646 626

7,980 Intensive 319 347

2005- 2006 102,559 35,962 Intermediate 599 556

58,617 Community 651 626

8,119 Intensive 325 347

2006- 2007 103,665 36,394 Intermediate 607 556

59,152 Community 657 626

8,260 Intensive 330 347

2007- 2008 104,798 36,843 Intermediate 614 556

59,696 Community 663 626

8,403 Intensive 336 347

2008- 2009 105,954 37,303 Intermediate 622 556

60,248 Community 669 626

Supervision caseload goals are legislatively mandated at 25 cases for Intensive Supervision

Officers, 60 for Intermediate Supervision Officers, and 90 for Community Supervision Officers

and are used to estimate officer resources required to supervise projected populations. Current

officer resources will not be adequate to supervise the increased population from the first year

projected. The greatest need for officer resources to meet the legislatively mandated supervision

caseload goals is at the Intermediate Supervision level. Community Supervision and Intensive

Supervision are more closely aligned with the needs of the growing supervised population, but

are still below the required number.

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Demographics of Community Corrections Supervision Admissions

July 1, 2003 through June 30, 2004

Male Female

Age

Category White Black Other White Black Other Total

13- 18 2,335 2,585 336 589 645 70 6,560 ( 10%)

19- 21 2,927 2,900 597 858 788 68 8,138 ( 13%)

22- 25 3,358 3,660 952 1,075 1,083 88 10,216 ( 16%)

26- 30 2,995 3,435 1,027 1,130 1,049 112 9,748 ( 15%)

31- 35 2,844 2,920 694 1,132 922 88 8,600 ( 13%)

36- 40 2,551 2,715 368 1,097 894 68 7,693 ( 12%)

41- 45 2,286 2,317 231 854 610 54 6,352 ( 10%)

46- 50 1,350 1,532 131 454 346 21 3,834 ( 6%)

51- 55 689 878 56 188 144 9 1,964 ( 3%)

56- 60 375 342 22 78 55 2 874 ( 1%)

61- 65 162 155 8 36 19 2 382 (< 1%)

66- 70 67 57 6 10 6 0 146 (< 1%)

71+ 60 45 0 4 3 0 112 (< 1%)

Total 21,999 ( 34%) 23,541 ( 36%) 4,428 ( 7%) 7,505 ( 12%) 6,564 ( 10%) 582 (< 1%) 64,619 ( 100%)

Demographics of Community Corrections Supervision Population

On June 30, 2004

Male Female

Age

Category White Black Other White Black Other Total

13- 18 1,947 2,252 291 463 557 69 5,579 ( 5%)

19- 21 4,568 4,385 837 1,202 1,131 101 12,224 ( 10%)

22- 25 6,402 6,963 2,002 1,790 1,989 148 19,294 ( 16%)

26- 30 5,903 7,075 2,379 2,040 2,254 209 19,860 ( 17%)

31- 35 5,517 5,815 1,609 2,096 1,970 158 17,165 ( 15%)

36- 40 4,931 5,019 900 2,016 1,786 138 14,790 ( 13%)

41- 45 4,546 4,491 534 1,716 1,350 113 12,750 ( 11%)

46- 50 2,838 3,064 299 1,029 792 40 8,062 ( 7%)

51- 55 1,432 1,740 123 379 387 23 4,084 ( 3%)

56- 60 802 726 54 176 129 7 1,894 ( 2%)

61- 65 385 346 24 78 40 5 878 (< 1%)

66- 70 167 147 8 23 15 2 362 (< 1%)

71+ 147 79 7 12 9 0 254 (< 1%)

Total 39,585 ( 34%) 42,102 ( 36%) 9,067 ( 8%) 13,020 ( 11%) 12,409 ( 11%) 1,013 (< 1%) 117,196 ( 100%)

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D. Criminal Justice Partnership Program

The Criminal Justice Partnership Act of 1994 expands sentencing options by adding community-based

sanctions for offenders receiving non- prison sentences. The Act created the Criminal

Justice Partnership Program ( CJPP), which provides state funds to help counties create sentenced

offender and pretrial release programs. A local advisory board is responsible for developing,

implementing, operating, monitoring, and evaluating a local community corrections plan.

The State- County Criminal Justice Partnership Act established a grant program for counties that

is administered by the Department of Correction. The legislative goals of the Partnership Act

include the following:

? To reduce recidivism

? To reduce probation violations

? To reduce drug and alcohol dependence, and

? To reduce the cost of incarceration to the State and to counties.

There are two categories of CJPP local programs, Sentenced Offender ( SOP) and Pretrial Release

( PTR) programs. Examples of Sentenced Offender programs include day reporting centers,

satellite substance abuse and resource service centers. As of June 30, 2004, 91 of the 100

counties in North Carolina are participating in the Partnership operating 81 programs. These

programs include 20 Day Reporting Centers, 43 Satellite Substance Abuse Centers, 18 Resource

Centers, and 26 Pretrial Release Programs.

Although the counties have wide latitude on program design, all of the sentenced offender

programs provide some combination of substance abuse treatment, education and employment

programs. Day Reporting Centers are an intermediate sanction for probationers with a

combination of control and treatment. Offenders must report daily as required and participate in

assigned services at the center. These services include substance abuse treatment, cognitive

behavioral intervention, job skills/ employability training, educational courses and other life skills

classes. Probation officers are in close contact with center staff to assure offenders comply with

assigned activities. There are also curfews imposed to increase the control of the offender in the

community.

Resource Centers emphasize compliance with the conditions of probation and coordinate

participation in a variety of intervention services some on- site and others off- site. Program

activities include case management services, substance abuse treatment, life skills education,

cognitive behavioral classes, educational assistance, and employment assistance. Although the

primary focus of satellite substance abuse centers is to provide a range of treatment services,

referrals are made to other community resources when assessments indicate additional needs.

The CJPP cost per offender per day for the 2003- 2004 fiscal year for the Sentenced Offender

program was $ 11.61, and for Pretrial Release Offenders was $ 3.46. Cost is calculated by

dividing total grants to local CJPP programs by an estimated average daily population in CJPP

programs. Any administrative cost for state CJPP, DCC and DOC staff are then added.

CJPP local programs store data in and report data from a computer system called the CJPP

Information Management System ( IMS). The data in this document represent only what CJPP

IMS users entered in the system, so the figures may not be representative of all program

activities. Most of the data was extracted from the IMS system as of November 27, 2004. Data

for participants in the Sentenced Offender programs is also obtained from the Department of

Correction's Offender Population Unified System ( OPUS).

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2003- 2004 Admissions to Criminal Justice Partnership Programs

During the 2003- 2004 fiscal year, there

were 4,738 admissions to CJPP Sentenced

Offender programs. This is a substantial

increase from the 2002- 2003 admissions

of 3,557.

Of the offenders admitted to local CJP

programs during FY 2003- 2004, the

state courts referred 45.6%, one third

( 33%) of admissions were referred by

probation officers, 19.4% were from a

probation violation court order, and just

over 2% of admissions were referred by

the Parole Commission.

CJPP Admissions by Sentencing Grids

Misdemeanor Sentencing Table for Admissions to Criminal Justice Partnership

Programs for the 2003- 2004 Fiscal Year

Prior Record Level

Crime

Class I II III

Non-

Structured

Total

A1 67 103 110 1 281

1 322 459 290 4 1,075

2 59 91 30 1 181

3 26 45 29 2 102

Other/ Undefined 126 43 25 16 210

Total 600 741 484 24 1,849

Of the offenders admitted to the sentenced offender component of CJPP, 39% were

misdemeanants. More than half ( 58%) of all misdemeanants were convicted of Class 1 crimes.

Crimes in Class 1 include non- trafficking drug offenses, larceny, assault, and breaking and

entering. The next largest misdemeanant crime class contributor to CJPP admissions was Class

A1. The majority of offenders convicted of crimes in Class A1 are convicted of assault.

The majority ( 61%) of all Criminal Justice Partnership Program admissions for the 2003- 2004

fiscal year were felony offenders. Seventy- one percent of the felony offenders admitted were

convicted for Class H or I offenses. The most frequent Class H offenses are non- trafficking drug

offenses, larceny, and breaking and entering. Class I offenses include non- trafficking drug

offenses and forgery. There were 386 admissions for Class G offenses that include non-trafficking

drug offenses, robbery, and other property crimes.

Referral Sources for CJPP Admissions

Probation -

33%

Parole/ Post

Release -

2%

Prob.

Violation

Ct. Order -

19.4%

Court -

45.6%

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Felony Sentencing Table for Admissions to Criminal Justice Partnership

Programs for the 2003- 2004 Fiscal Year

Prior Record Level

Crime

Class

I

0 pts

II

1- 4 pts

III

5- 8 pts

IV

9- 14 pts

V

15- 18 pts

VI

19+ pts

Non-

Structured

Total

E 57 76 5 6 1 1 0 146

F 62 83 33 2 0 0 0 180

G 111 173 70 29 1 2 0 386

H 320 505 242 84 14 3 0 1,168

I 155 398 225 72 13 7 0 870

Other 58 28 18 2 1 0 32 139

Total 763 1,263 593 195 30 13 32 2,889

CJPP Offender Services

In the 2003- 2004 fiscal year, 3,924 offenders participated in various services in CJPP Sentenced

Offender programs. The most- used services during this period were regular and intensive

outpatient substance abuse treatment ( 4,877 offenders), counseling or therapy services ( 1,768

offenders), Cognitive Behavioral Intervention Classes ( 1,030 offenders), life skills training

( 765 offenders), and general equivalency diploma ( GED) classes ( 748 offenders).

The “ Other Services” category contains a wide variety of services provided to offenders. These

include domestic violence services, mentoring programs, educational counseling, sex offender

services, residential substance abuse treatment, halfway house stays, and work programs.

CJPP Service Description Offenders Served Total Services

Outpatient Substance Abuse Treatment 2778 42173

Intensive Outpatient Substance Abuse Treatment 2099 46899

Counseling/ Therapy Services 1768 11572

Cognitive Behavioral Intervention Classes 1030 14364

Life Skills Training 765 7023

GED/ High School/ College Classes 748 18585

Employment/ Job Seeking Skills 645 5795

AA/ NA Support Groups 611 7984

Drug Education Classes 562 6100

Other Services ( see examples below) 371 7208

Anger Management Classes 306 2555

Drug Treatment Aftercare 202 1628

Adult Basic Education Classes 182 4925

Parenting 138 951

Health Education 117 935

Vocational Training/ Rehabilitation 104 1410

Job Placement Services 103 390

* Offenders may receive multiple services; these numbers are not mutually exclusive.

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2003- 2004 Exits from Criminal Justice Partnership Programs

During fiscal year 2003- 2004, there were 4,407 exits from CJPP Sentenced Offender programs.

Of those exits, 87% had services recorded during their enrollment in the programs. Nearly half

( 49%) of the offenders that exited the Partnership programs obtained or maintained employment

while in the program.

There were 1,696 ( 38.5%) successful completions of the CJPP program for the 2003- 2004 fiscal

year. This rate is a decrease over the successful completion rate reported for fiscal year 2002-

2003 when 1,147 ( 39.7%) successfully completed programs, and also a lower rate than fiscal year

2001- 2002 with 1,798 offenders’ ( 41.5%) successful completions.

579

250

105 148

427

1,202

1,696

0

200

400

600

800

1,000

1,200

1,400

1,600

1,800

Completed Removed Probation

Tech

Violations

Absconded

Supervision

New

Charges

Pending

Elect To

Serve

Other

The second most frequent type of exit from Partnership programs is removal for inadequate

performance ( 27.3%). This is an unsuccessful exit and occurs when an offender is not adequately

participating in programs, which is a violation of probation and frequently results in probation

revocation. The offenders that have other pending probation violations ( 13.1%) or new criminal

charges ( 2.4%) that usually result in probation revocation, or offenders who elect to serve their

active prison sentence ( 3.4%) represent 18.9% of the CJPP exits. Absconders from supervision

contribute another 5.7%. The “ Other” category includes offenders that transferred from the

program, never reported to the program, were inappropriate for the program, or were released for

medical reasons ( 12%).

For the 4,407 reported offender exits from CJPP between July 1, 2003 and June 30, 2004, the

overall average length of service was 5 months, slightly less than the previous fiscal year ( 5.4

months). Among the exits 1,696 were by completion. The average length of service for

completions was 6.0 months, slightly lower than the 7.2 months reported for the 2002- 2003 fiscal

year. Finally the 2,711 exits for any reason other than completion, the average length of service

was 4.5 months, a very slight increase from the reported FY 2002- 2003 average ( 4.3).

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Demographics of CJPP Sentenced Offender Admissions

July 1, 2002 through June 30, 2003

Age Male Female

Category White Black Other White Black Other Total

10 to 19 yrs 294 359 25 54 48 1 781 ( 16%)

20 to 29 yrs 664 1,021 58 172 155 10 2,080 ( 44%)

30 to 39 yrs 363 395 23 154 117 7 1,059 ( 22%)

40 to 49 yrs 233 262 8 101 63 4 671 ( 14%)

50 to 59 yrs 40 63 3 6 15 . 127 ( 3%)

60 to 69 yrs 9 6 . 2 . . 17 (< 1%)

70 and Over 1 1 . . 1 . 3 (< 1%)

Total 1,604 ( 34%) 2,107 ( 44%) 117 ( 3%) 489 ( 10%) 399 ( 8%) 22 (< 1%) 4,738

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III. Division of Alcoholism and Chemical Dependency

Programs

The mission of the Division of Alcoholism and Chemical Dependency Programs is to plan,

administer and coordinate chemical dependency treatment, recovery, and continuing care

programs and services in the Department of Correction. The Division administers four offender

treatment programs.

The prison- based Drug and Alcohol Recovery Treatment ( DART) program offers a continuum of

treatment, recovery, and aftercare services to offenders throughout their period of incarceration.

The DART services continuum begins during diagnostic processing when inmates are screened to

determine if they need substance abuse treatment. If treatment is indicated, inmates are referred

to either the DART 35- 90 day program, or the DART 24- hour program.

The DART 35- 90 day program is a facilitated 12- Step program, based on the Minnesota Model.

It is available in 12 Intensive Residential Treatment centers located in prisons across the state.

Following the 35- 90 day stay, the inmate returns to the regular population and participates in a

formal 8- 10 week aftercare program. The DART 24- hour program lasts 24 hours over a three or

four day period. This program is an educational orientation program designed to engage offenders

in the recovery process. It is located in designated minimum security prisons across the state and

at Western Youth Institution.

After completion of either of the DART programs, inmates may participate in DART Aftercare,

Alcoholics Anonymous ( AA) or Narcotics Anonymous ( NA), self- help groups that assist in the

recovery process. When inmates who completed DART 35- 90 and participated regularly in

aftercare groups are within six weeks of release they are referred to a special community

transition program known as the Winners' Circle. The DART program involves inmates who

successfully completed the program as ancillary staff, peer counselors, role models, or treatment

facilitators. In addition, DART involves community volunteers to the greatest extent possible.

The Residential Substance Abuse Treatment ( RSAT) programs are federally funded programs

designed specifically to treat addicted offenders incarcerated in the North Carolina prison system.

The program is an intensive residential treatment program ( based on the Hazelden model) and it

accommodates the inmate’s educational needs. The original programs, referred to as State

Alliance for Recovery and General Education ( SARGE), treat youthful offenders who are within

six to twelve months of release and develop aftercare plans for return to the community.

During the fiscal year 2003- 2004, the Department of Correction contracted with two private

facilities to provide residential treatment to inmates nearing their release from prison. These

facilities operate as minimum security prisons. These programs are Evergreen Rehabilitation

Center in St. Paul and Mary Frances Center in Tarboro. These contractual facilities use a variety

of treatment modalities, blending 12- step concepts with other clinical approaches. They also

coordinate other rehabilitative programs such as work release, community service projects, and

vocational training. The contractual facilities can serve up to 175 inmates; 100 of the beds are for

women and 75 are for men. Inmates are not released directly from these facilities; they return to

a regular prison unit for discharge.

The Division offers a specialized program, DART- Cherry, for probationers or parolees convicted

of driving while impaired ( DWI) or other drug offenses. It is located on the grounds of Cherry

Hospital in Goldsboro. Participation in this program may be ordered by a judge as a condition of

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probation or by the Parole/ Post- Release Commission as a condition of parole. DWI DART-Cherry

has two components, a 28- day residential 12- step program for 100 probationers and

parolees, and a 90- day modified therapeutic- community program for 200 probationers. Upon

completion of the program, offenders return to the community under the supervision of their

probation/ parole officer.

Identifying Inmates for Participation in DART

Diagnostic centers in the prison facilities listed in the table below complete the intake process for

prison admissions. Trained staff members conduct interviews and perform screenings of inmates.

They use the Short Michigan Alcohol Screening Test ( SMAST) and the Chemical Dependency

Screening Test ( CDST) to identify inmates with a substance abuse addiction. A new screening

measurement tool, the Substance Abuse Subtle Screening Inventory ( SASSI) came into use

during the fiscal year 2003- 2004. The SASSI helps to identify individuals who have a high

probability of having a substance use disorder. Inmates with a score of 3 or more on any

instrument are considered to have a problem with alcohol or drugs. Once a problem has been

identified by these screening instruments, diagnostic personnel gather additional information and

a referral is made for treatment in one of the DACDP programs. In some cases inmates are

ordered by a judge to receive substance abuse treatment.

2003- 2004 Screenings and Referrals to DACDP by Facility of Admission

Facility

2003- 2004

Prison

Admissions

Number

Screened

Identified

with

Alcohol/ Drug

Problem

Referred

to DACDP

Central Prison 828 787 384 159

Craven Correctional Institution 5,240 5,118 2,628 2,341

Fountain Correctional Center for Women 948 928 698 39

NC Correctional Institution for Women 1,790 1,746 1,219 984

Neuse Correctional Institution 6,896 6,532 4,036 424

Piedmont Correctional Institution 4,568 4,441 2,653 2,522

Polk Youth Institution 2,547 2,424 1,342 1,234

Western Youth Institution 914 887 617 480

Totals 23,731 22,863 13,577 8,183

The majority ( 96%) of inmates admitted are screened for alcohol and drug addictions. Of all

inmates screened, 59% are identified as having a problem with alcohol or chemical dependency.

Approximately one- third ( 34%) of all admissions were referred to DACDP for alcohol and drug

treatment services. Of those identified as having an alcohol or drug addiction problem, 60%

received a referral to DART for treatment.

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A. Drug Alcohol Recovery Treatment

Intensive Residential Treatment

( DART IRT)

Inmates determined to need treatment are referred to in- prison DART Intensive Residential

Treatment. The in- prison DART IRT programs are facilitated self- help programs focused on the

12 steps of Alcoholics Anonymous. The program schedule includes lectures, films, meditation

and group meetings. DART Aftercare consists of 8 to 12 weekly sessions provided to offenders

who complete DART IRT. DART IRT programs are provided at the beginning of an inmate’s

sentence and introduce inmates to a lifelong plan of addiction recovery.

2003- 2004 Enrollment in DART Intensive Residential Treatment

Facility

Annual

Inmates

Enrolled

Daily

Average

Enrollment

Days with

Inmates

Enrolled

Black Mountain Women 109 17 366

Craggy 472 49 366

Duplin 188 42 366

Fountain CCW 160 40 366

Haywood 316 31 366

Lumberton 304 41 366

NC Correctional Institution for Women 346 57 366

Pender 597 92 366

Piedmont 529 80 366

Tyrell Work Farm 662 49 357

Wayne 1,164 119 366

Western Youth Institution 268 40 366

Total 5,115 653

The table lists each facility that had a DART IRT program during the fiscal year 2003- 2004. A

total of 5,115 inmates were enrolled in these programs during the year. The average enrollment is

computed by dividing each facility’s daily enrollment by the number of days the program was

operational at the facility. On average, 653 inmates were enrolled in DART IRT programs on any

given day in the fiscal year 2003- 2004.

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Crime Type of 2003- 2004 Entries to DART Intensive Residential Treatment

2 (< 1%)

1,877 ( 41%)

1,321 ( 29%) 1,330 ( 29%)

0

200

400

600

800

1,000

1,200

1,400

1,600

1,800

2,000

Crime Against a

Person

Property Crimes Public Order

Crimes

Not Reported

The crimes of offenders entering DART IRT in the fiscal year 2003- 2004 are grouped in one of

three categories: public order, property and crimes against a person. The most frequent crime type

for DART IRT entries is public order crimes. This crime type accounted for 41% of all entries

during the fiscal year. The crime category resulting in the most entries for public order crimes is

drug offenses ( 1,049). There were also 144 offenders entering DART IRT convicted of driving

while impaired.

Property crimes accounted for 29% of all entries to DART IRT. The most frequent offense in this

category is breaking and entering ( 530). Other offenses include larceny, fraud, forgery, and

burglary.

Twenty- nine percent of entries to DART IRT in fiscal year 2003- 2004 are for crimes against a

person. The majority of these inmates are convicted of robbery ( 501). This category also

includes assaults, sexual offenses and kidnapping.

2003- 2004 Exits from DART Intensive Residential Treatment

There are several different types of exits from the DART IRT program. An exit is considered a

completion when an inmate satisfactorily participates in all required components of the treatment

program. At that time they return to their unit and the aftercare portion of the recovery process

begins. In the fiscal year 2003- 2004, there were 3,115 completions of DART IRT. This

represents the majority ( 69%) of all exits from the program.

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DART Intensive Residential Treatment Exits in the 2003- 2004 Fiscal Year

117 ( 2%) 120 ( 3%) 251 ( 6%)

927 ( 20%)

3,115 ( 69%)

0

500

1,000

1,500

2,000

2,500

3,000

3,500

Completions Removed Transferred Released All Other

The Removed category includes those that ended participation in the program due to disciplinary

action, dropped or removed for other reasons. The Transferred category includes those

transferred to another facility or out to court. The Released category includes those released from

prison. It is possible that an inmate was participating satisfactorily in the program but was

removed for disciplinary problems outside of the program or was released from prison. The

largest contributor to the remaining 251 “ Other” exits from DART IRT were those that were

inappropriate for treatment, and also include exits due to medical reasons or those which were not

defined any further.

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B. Drug Alcohol Recovery Treatment 24

( DART 24)

Inmates with misdemeanor convictions have relatively short stays in prison, making it difficult to

complete long- term in- prison treatment. The Division of Alcohol and Chemical Dependency

Programs developed DART 24 for these inmates. DART 24 is an educational program to

introduce the recovery program to inmates. It consists of six or eight sessions over several days,

for a total of 24 hours of contact time. The following table lists the facilities with inmate entries

during the year. Fountain Correctional Center for Women operated a DART 24 program that

ended at the very beginning of the 2003- 2004 fiscal year.

2003- 2004 Enrollment in DART 24

Facility

Inmates

Enrolled in

FY 2003- 2004

Raleigh CCW 70

Dan River Work Farm 39

North Piedmont CCW 92

Orange 18

Davidson 74

Forsyth 55

Cabarrus 78

Rowan 16

Anson 126

Total 568

Crime Type of Entries to DART- 24

The crimes of offenders entering DART 24 in the fiscal year 2003- 2004 are grouped in one of

three categories: public order, property and crimes against a person. The most frequent crime

type for DART 24 entries is public order crimes. This accounted for 294 or 52% of all entries

during the fiscal year. There were 169 or 58% public order offenders entering DART- 24 who

were convicted of drug offenses. Another 61 ( 21%) entries in the public order category were

driving while impaired convictions.

Property crimes accounted for 32% of all entries to DART- 24. The most frequent offenses in this

category are breaking and entering ( 60), larceny ( 51), fraud ( 33), and forgery ( 21). The final

crime category contains crimes against a person. There are 91 or 16% of entries to DART- 24 in

fiscal year 2003- 2004. The majority of these are convictions for assault ( 49) but it also includes

robbery ( 21) and sexual offenses ( 12).

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Crime Type of Entries in 2003- 2004 Fiscal Year

294 ( 52%)

183 ( 32%)

91 ( 16%)

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

Crimes Against a Person Property Crimes Public Order Crimes

2003- 2004 Exits from DART- 24

There are four exit types from DART 24, which are completion, removal, transferred, and other.

There were a total of 568 exits from DART- 24 programs in the fiscal year 2003- 2004. The

majority ( 78%) of all exits from the program were completions. An inmate is considered to

complete the DART- 24 program by satisfactorily participating in the activities assigned for the

duration of the program.

DART- 24 Exits in 2003- 2004 Fiscal Year

442 ( 78%)

99 ( 17%)

12 ( 2%) 5 ( 1%) 10 ( 2%)

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

400

450

500

Completion Removed Transferred Released Other

There were 99 or 17% in the Removed category, which includes 5 inmates removed due to

disciplinary reasons. Two percent of exits from DART- 24 during the fiscal year 2003- 2004 were

due to an inmate being transferred to a different unit or going out to court and there were 5

inmates or 1% who were released. The remaining 10 exits in the “ Other” category were

attributed to being inappropriate for treatment, medical reasons or were not defined any further.

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C. Residential Substance Abuse Treatment

Residential Substance Abuse Treatment Formula Grant Programs ( RSAT) provide federal

funding through the Department of Justice Corrections Programs Office to each state to deliver

chemical dependency treatment services to incarcerated offenders. There are several criteria that

RSAT programs must meet to receive funding. Programs must last six to twelve months and all

enrolled offenders must be housed separately from the general prison population. Treatment

services will focus on the substance abuse problems of the offender and the cognitive, behavioral,

social, vocational and other skills needed to resolve the substance abuse and related problems.

Offenders who are released from prison when they complete the RSAT program are referred to

continuing care services ( aftercare). This prevents offenders from returning to the general prison

population. Finally, all offenders receive drug testing throughout their enrollment in the RSAT

program and during the post- release aftercare period.

RSAT began within the Division of Alcoholism and Chemical Dependency Programs in 1997

with the implementation of the State Alliance for Recovery and General Education of Chemically

Dependent Youthful Offenders Program ( SARGE). The SARGE program is based on a substance

abuse treatment curriculum designed for offenders ranging in age from 18 to 22 years. It includes

cognitive behavioral interventions and units on changing criminal thinking and violent behavior.

In addition to SARGE programs, the Division has a therapeutic community program for women.

This program known as the Last Alternative Therapeutic Community ( LATCH) is at the North

Carolina Correctional Institution for Women. The program treats 34 women in the first phase and

22 in the second step- down phase at Raleigh Correctional prior to community release. In this

phase inmates can be transferred to a less intensive setting that provides work release, relapse

prevention training and community/ family reintegration.

During the fiscal year 2003- 2004, there were 779 inmates enrolled in RSAT programs. There are

two prison facilities in the state that have a SARGE program: Morrison Minimum Institution and

Western Youth Institution, where approximately 69 inmates were enrolled in the program on any

given day during the past fiscal year. The other facilities enrolled between 26 and 61 inmates in

the therapeutic community programs on a daily basis.

2003- 2004 Enrollment in RSAT Programs

Facility

Annual

Inmates

Enrolled

Daily

Average

Enrollment

NC Correctional Institution for Women TC 141 31

Raleigh CCW TC 97 28

Western Youth Institution SARGE 121 30

Morrison Minimum SARGE 151 40

Morrison Medium New Directions 197 62

Rowan Minimum TC 72 26

Overall Summary 779 191

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Crime Type of Entries to RSAT Programs

The crimes of offenders entering RSAT programs in the fiscal year 2003- 2004 are grouped in one

of three categories: public order, property and crimes against a person. There were inmates that

transferred between programs but their crime information ( and demographics at the end of this

section) are only included once.

157 ( 31%)

185 ( 36%)

171 ( 33%)

140

145

150

155

160

165

170

175

180

185

190

Crimes Against a Person Property Crimes Public Order Crimes

The most frequent crime type ( 36%) for inmates entering these programs was for property crimes.

These are convictions for breaking and entering ( 83), larceny ( 37), and fraud ( 29). Crimes against

a person represented 33% of RSAT entries. These include robbery ( 97), assault ( 39), and sexual

assault or other sexual offenses ( 24).

The final crime category is for public order crimes. The majority of entries in the public order

category were drug offense convictions, which account for 99 or 63% of the 157 public order

crime entries. There were also 13 program entries for offenders convicted of habitual felon and

10 for driving while impaired.

2003- 2004 Exits from RSAT

Offenders are enrolled in the RSAT programs for six to twelve months and may leave and return

due to such reasons as disciplinary action, court appearances, and medical treatment. Because

each temporary departure is considered an exit in OPUS ( Offender Population Unified System),

one offender may have several exits and may move between programs. For this reason, only an

offender’s final exit is counted for this report. Based on these criteria, 431 inmates exited RSAT

in the fiscal year 2003- 2004.

There are five types of exits for RSAT programs; completion, removed from the program,

transferred to another facility, release from prison, and other. An exit due to completion is

defined as a successful completion of the treatment program. The completion category based on

this definition accounts for 43% of the exits. By design, RSAT programs are scheduled for

inmates when they are approaching their prison release dates. An exit from the program due to an

inmate’s release from prison may also be considered a successful exit from the treatment

program. There were 6 inmates ( 1%) who exited RSAT due to their release from prison.

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Type of Exits from RSAT

Facility

Annual Inmates

Enrolled

Daily Average

Enrollment

NC Correctional Institution for Women TC 141 31

Raleigh CCW TC 97 28

Western Youth Institution SARGE 121 39

Morrison Minimum SARGE 151 30

Morrison Medium New Directions 197 61

Rowan Minimum TC 72 26

Overall Summary 779 189

RSAT Exits in the 2003- 2004 Fiscal Year

39 ( 9%)

6 ( 1%)

43 ( 10%)

159 ( 37%)

184 ( 43%)

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

160

180

200

Completion Removed Transferred Released Other

An additional 37% of the exits are due to the inmate being removed from the RSAT program.

This removal may be for disciplinary reasons or lack of satisfactory participation. Transfers

accounted for 10% of the exits and 9% for other reasons, including medical reasons, treatment

inappropriate for the inmate and other reasons not defined.

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D. Continuing Care, Alcoholics Anonymous ( AA) and

Narcotics Anonymous ( NA)

DART Continuing Care consists of three parts – aftercare, recovery group and Winner’s Circle

programs. DART Aftercare consists of 8 to 12 weekly sessions provided to inmates in the

early stages of recovery upon completion of a treatment program. Recovery groups have access to

in- prison Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous groups.

Alcoholics Anonymous ( AA) and Narcotics Anonymous ( NA) are self- help recovery groups

based on the 12- step model of recovery. Offenders who participate regularly in AA or NA and

who are within six months of release from prison are referred to the Winner’s Circle. Winner’s

Circle is a 12- session program to prepare recovering inmates for release from prison. Part of its

purpose is to make the offender’s transition back into the community easier.

2003- 2004 Enrollment in Continuing Care

DART Aftercare AA NA

DART

Region

Annual

Entries

Daily

Average

Annual

Entries

Daily

Average

Annual

Entries

Daily

Average

District 1 1,619 ( 49%) 328 4,777 ( 52%) 1,380 4,610 ( 54%) 1,315

District 2 1,662 ( 51%) 394 4,455 ( 48%) 1,448 3,972 ( 46%) 1,339

Total 3,281 ( 100%) 722 9,232 ( 100%) 2,828 8,582 ( 100%) 2,654

The table above reports the enrollment to the continuing care programs in the two DART regions

in North Carolina. The daily average listed for each program is calculated by dividing the number

enrolled by the number of days in the year. During the 2003- 2004 fiscal year there were 3,281

offenders that entered DART aftercare across the state. On average, there were 722 inmates

enrolled on any day during the past year.

The continuing care program with the highest enrollment during the year was Alcoholics

Anonymous ( AA). There were a total of 9,232 inmates that enrolled in AA during the year and a

daily average enrollment of 2,828 inmates. Narcotics Anonymous ( NA) enrollment was almost as

large as that of AA with 8,582 entries in the 2003- 2004 fiscal year and a daily average of 2,654

enrolled daily throughout the year.

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E. Private Alcohol and Drug Treatment Centers

The Division of Alcoholism and Chemical Dependency Programs ( DACDP) had contracts with

two private providers for minimum- security prison beds for residential treatment in the fiscal year

2003- 2004. Inmates are transferred from other prison units to these minimum custody prisons

when they have between six to twenty months left in their incarceration period. Those who

successfully complete the program or who complete their sentence are returned to prison and

from there released into the community. Although based on 12- step concepts, the private

alcohol/ drug treatment centers address a much wider range of needs than traditional chemical

dependency programs ( e. g., the programs address relapse avoidance, employment, education, and

vocational needs).

The private treatment facilities schedule treatment to occur at the end of the inmate’s period of

incarceration. Since the private facilities are minimum- security, eligibility is more restrictive

than medium- security DART programs. To be eligible for this program, offenders must be at

least 19, be in good health, not have a detainer, and not be serving time for an assaultive crime.

The primary referral source for the private treatment centers is Division of Prisons’ program staff

at the prison facilities across the state.

These facilities provide specialized chemical dependency treatment services for offenders. In

addition to treatment services, they also provide pre- release or community transition planning.

This may include vocational rehabilitation, adult basic education, independent studies, and/ or

work release. When inmates are released from prison, they are referred to a community- based

aftercare program.

2003- 2004 Enrollment in Private Treatment Centers

Facility Location

Annual

Inmates

Enrolled

Average

Daily

Population

Mary Frances Center Tarboro, NC 188 101

Evergreen Rehab Center St. Pauls, NC 170 89

Overall Summary 358 190

Due to the relatively long duration of the treatment programs in these private facilities, there may

be occasion for the inmate to leave the program for court appearances, medical treatment, or

disciplinary actions and then re- enter at a later date. Each individual is counted only once in the

enrollment figures and in the exit numbers reported on the following page.

During the 2003- 2004 fiscal year there were 358 inmates enrolled in the private treatment centers

listed in the table above. The Mary Frances Center, the facility with the largest number enrolled

during the past fiscal year, serves female inmates. The other is a male facility. The average daily

enrollment in the private treatment centers is 190 per day, calculated on all of the days of the

year.

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Crime Type of Entries to Private Treatment Centers

The crimes of offenders entering private treatment facilities in the fiscal year 2003- 2004 are

grouped in one of three categories: public order, property, and crimes against a person.

168 ( 56%)

123 ( 41%)

6 ( 2%)

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

160

180

Crime Against a Person Property Crimes Public Order Crimes

The crime type of the majority of entries to private treatment facilities is public order. Public

order crimes accounted for 168 ( 56%) of all entries for the year. Convictions for drug offenses

represented the largest proportion of public order crimes ( 64%) with a count of 108. The

remaining public order crimes were driving while impaired convictions ( 37) and habitual felon

( 17).

Property crimes accounted for 41% of the entries to private treatment facilities with a total of 123

entries in the category. The most frequent crimes were fraud ( 38) and breaking and entering ( 32),

larceny ( 28), and forgery ( 15). Finally, there were very few entries due to convictions for crimes

against a person. They accounted for only 6 ( 2%) of the entries to private treatment facilities. Of

these, 5 were for manslaughter and the other was assault.

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2003- 2004 Exits from Private Treatment Centers

The two private treatment facilities differ in the types of programs they offer and the amount of

time it takes to complete the treatment. It takes six to nine months to complete the substance

abuse treatment program offered at Evergreen. The Mary Frances Center has three programs that

vary in the time necessary to complete the programs. There are 90- day, 180- day and 365- day

programs. The 90- day program is designed as a treatment option for female inmates that need

treatment and have less than six months remaining to serve in prison

There are five types of exits for private treatment programs; completion, release from prison,

removed from the program, transferred to another facility, and other. An exit due to completion

is defined as a successful completion of the treatment program.

Private Treatment Center Exits in the 2003- 2004 Fiscal Year

51 ( 15%) 61 ( 18%)

18 ( 5%)

212 ( 62%)

0

50

100

150

200

250

Completion Removed Transferred Other

Overall, 62% of the exits from the private treatment facilities were completions. This breaks

down to a 64% completion rate for Mary Frances and 60% for Evergreen. Five percent were

removed from the programs due to disciplinary reasons and 15% were transferred to other

facilities. The other category ( 4% of exits) includes those inappropriate for treatment, medical

reasons, illness, and other reasons not defined.

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F. DART Cherry

DART Cherry is a residential treatment unit for adult male offenders on probation, parole or post-release

for alcohol or drug related offenses or who have a documented substance abuse problem

that would place them at risk for revocation or recidivism. The DART Cherry program began in

1989 and has a total capacity for 300 offenders.

There are two different types of programs at this unit: the 28- day program and 90- day program.

The 28- day program accommodates 100 offenders and is a facilitated 12- step program based on a

traditional Minnesota Model. The 90- day modified therapeutic community program opened in

1997 and has capacity to treat 200 offenders. It is a structured program appropriate for offenders

with extensive treatment needs. It combines cognitive behavioral intervention, social learning

and self- help modalities. There were 1,875 admissions to DART Cherry for the 2003- 2004 fiscal

year with an average daily population of 281.

Program Type and

Type of Supervision

Number (%)

of Entries

28 day parole 862 ( 46%)

28 day probation 212 ( 11%)

90 day parole 31 ( 2%)

90 day probation 770 ( 41%)

Total 1,875

Crime Type of Entries to DART Cherry

28 Day Program Admissions

The crimes of offenders entering the DART Cherry 28- Day program in the 2003- 2004 fiscal year

are grouped in one of three categories: public order, property, and crimes against a person. The

majority ( 83%) of entries during the fiscal year were offenders with public order crimes. The

crime category accounting for the most entries for public order crimes is driving while impaired,

with 500, while 94 entries were for drug offenses.

Property crimes accounted for 11% of all entries to the 28- day program. The most frequent

offense in this category is larceny ( 49) and breaking & entering ( 3127). The remaining six

percent of entries to the 28- day program in fiscal year 2003- 2004 are for crimes against a person.

The majority of these offenders are convicted of assaults ( 54).

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Crime Type for the 28- Day Program Admissions

888 ( 83%)

124 ( 11%)

62 ( 6%)

0

100