ETC AND GOOD INTENTIONS DOESN’T HELP AIC PLAN FOR HH or HC IN A DYSFUNCTIONAL SYSTEM
ETC AND GOOD INTENTIONS DOESN’T HELP AIC PLAN FOR HH or HC IN A DYSFUNCTIONAL SYSTEM
2013, This memo was written 5 years before the First Step Act.
June 24, 2010, memorandum “Revised Guidance for Residential Reentry Center Placements” and an April 14, 2008, memorandum “Pre-Release Residential Reentry Center Placements following the Second Chance Act of 2007.”
- Stated: for low-need/low-risk inmates, home confinement is the preferred pre-release option. This option is currently under-utilized. Program Statement 7320.01, Home Confinement. [again, more than 5 years before the FSA]
Two home confinement options they endorsed.
1) Placement under the supervision of an RRC or 2) placement in the Federal Location Monitoring (FLM) program operated by U. S. Probation, where available.
- RRM staff are encouraged to maximize resources, including recommending direct placement on home confinement for appropriate inmates.
- If RRM staff have concerns regarding a referral and/or the recommended placement, they will communicate these concerns to the referring institution, typically the Case Management Coordinator (CMC).
**This is a perfect example of why the personal narrative and an ever-growing release plan with a history of spending one’s time in constructive activities could smooth out the process and get you that case manager’s HH or HC recommendation for the RRM.
The Caveat is that when dealing with the BOP or the courts, unfortunately, there are No Promises or Guarantees.
BOP’s new video was released to clarify the rules under which First Step Act credits are earned and applied.
The Disconnect.
Case managers who are on the front line of implementing this law are encountering problems because of their understanding and interpretation of the law and halfway house capacity issues.
Jeremy Cooper, NCRO Correctional Programs Administrator.
You can “stack” the 2nd Chance ACT HC and then add your FTCs toward it, BUT THAT’s NOT HAPPENING. Why?
Case Managers don’t have a Current PRD or a calculator to see anyone’s real-time transition date to halfway house,” Cooper said.
With no calculator, there can be no stacking, and this calculator has been
promised for months.
Dr. Gabel, FTC-related issues using the Administrative Remedy Process as 3 issues.
1) Case managers are unaware of these rules; ‘the process is broken.’ Many staff do not understand the nuances of the law
2) The process (§2241) can take months to over a year to even reach the district court, sometimes too late
3) Case Managers are left to (be the middle child), telling AIC that “Central Office advised they have no update or info regarding when the second
application, as the projected date of leaving the institution is still unavailable.
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