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Community Supervision Programs

 

Northwestern Regional Office

Southeastern Regional Office

 Regional Chief:  Suzanne Boeke

Regional Chief:  Audrian Brown

Address:
2909 Landmark Place, Suite 104
Madison, WI 53717

Address:
4200 N. Holton St. Suite 110
Milwaukee, WI 53212

Phone: 608.288-3352

Phone: 414.229-0709

FAX   608.288-3378

FAX   414.229-0705

Email: suzanne.boeke@wisconsin.gov

Email: audrian.brown@wisconsin.gov

Number of counties served: 66

Number of counties served: 6

Locations of Community Corrections Offices:
  Eau Claire,Green Bay, Madison, Neenah, Schofield, Sheboygan, Sparta and Wisconsin Rapids

Locations of Community Corrections Offices:
Milwaukee and Sturtevant

 

MISSION

To successfully transition youth to the community from secure juvenile correctional institutions, and through structured supervision programs and partnerships with others, help youth to live crime-free while protecting public safety.

 

History of Community Supervision

Aftercare supervision services have been provided to delinquent youth since 1959. A second type of community supervision, placement in a type 2 secured correctional facility (an institution without walls), was created by the legislature in 1994. Counties either directly provide aftercare services to youth residing in their counties or contract with the state to provide the services.

 

Basics of Community Supervision

Community supervision has a two-fold function:

  • To provide a youth with the opportunity to meet his or her individual treatment, education, vocational, and daily living needs in order to support successful re-integration into the community

  • To monitor the youth’s level of risk to the community and use appropriate control and disciplinary procedures when needed to protect the community

A youth in a JCI returns to the community when the DJC Office of Juvenile Offender Review (OJOR)  issues the appropriate order. In the community, a DJC agent or county social worker supervises a youth until the termination of the court commitment order or administrative discharge from supervision. Being on community supervision is a transition phase for the youth as he or she leaves the highly structured secure facility and returns to the community.

 

The DJC agent monitors the youth’s behavior while he or she continues to participate in treatment programs and educational/vocational training according to his or her individualized case plan (ICP). The frequency of contacts by the agent with the youth varies over time depending on the needs of each youth. All youth follow written rules of supervision. If a youth violates a rule, the DJC agent implements specific disciplinary procedures including possibly returning the youth to an institution.

 

Programs and Services Available to Youth
 All youth receive:

  • Individual Case Planning

  • Liaison services with counties

  • Re-Integration / Transitional Services

  • Victim Impact education

Depending on a youth's individual strengths, needs, or obligations, he or she might participate in:

  • Academic Education &/or Vocational Programs

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  • Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Prevention Programs

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  • Cognitive Intervention Programming

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  • Community Service Projects & Payment of Restitution

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  • Improving Social and Independent Living Skills

  • Individual & Family Counseling

  • In-Home Electronic Monitoring*

  • LifeWork Education including the use of the community school system or local colleges

  • Sex Offender Treatment

  • Transition Success Center (school located at the Milwaukee office)

*In-Home Electronic Monitoring may be used if a youth is placed in the Corrective Sanctions Program (CSP), an incremental level system with incentives and sanctions designed to enhance community protection & the youth's successful re-integration into the community.

 

Two Types of Supervission

 

Aftercare Supervision

Twenty-four of Wisconsin’s 72 counties contract with DOC to provide aftercare supervision of youth released from a JCI. Some of those counties include the most populous counties such as Milwaukee, Racine and Kenosha. The remaining 48 counties directly provide their youth with aftercare supervision.

 

While the youth is on aftercare, the youth may reside in the parental/guardian’s home. If that placement is unsuitable for some reason, or if the youth requires specialized treatment or services, the youth may live in alternate care such as a foster home, group home, or a residential treatment facility. The youth receives services (as described above) and has regular contacts with his or her DJC agent. If a youth appears to require correctional supervision beyond the expiration date of the existing court commitment, DJC may (in some cases) petition the committing court to extend the order.

 

If a youth is alleged to violate a rule of supervision or commit a new offense, administrative rules govern the procedures for counseling, implementing a summary disposition, or revoking the youth’s aftercare supervision thereby returning the youth to a Type 1 institution. The rules grant the youth numerous due process rights including a formal revocation hearing. A youth on aftercare is not in legal custody so cannot be charged with the felony offense of escape if he or she runs away/escapes from supervision.

 

Type 2 Secured Correctional Facilities

A Type 2 secured correctional facility located in the community is also called "an institution without walls." Although the Type 2 status youth no longer lives in a correctional facility surrounded by a secure fence, the youth continues to receive an intensive degree of supervision. Often youth on Type 2 supervision have a more serious offense history than youth on aftercare.

 

Type 2 facilities include:

  • Corrective Sanctions Program (CSP)

  • Serious Juvenile Offender Program (SJOP): community phase

  • Type 2 Child Caring Institution (CCI)

DJC provides Type 2 supervision for all Wisconsin youth in the Serious Juvenile Offender Program (SJOP) and the Corrective Sanctions Program (CSP). DJC or a county may supervise a youth in a Type 2 Child Caring Institution.

 

If a youth is alleged to violate a rule of supervision or commit a new offense, DJC follows the administrative rules to counsel, sanction or terminate the Type 2 supervision thereby returning the youth to a Type 1 institution. A sanction may include a return to the Type 1 institution for a set period of days. Aftercare youth are not subject to short term sanctions. A youth on Type 2 supervision does not have the range of due process rights granted to a youth on aftercare. If a youth runs away/escapes from supervision, he or she can be charged with the felony offense of escape because Type 2 youth are in legal custody.

  • Corrective Sanctions Program

CSP was primarily developed to move youth from a correctional institution to intensive community supervision in a private home with the parent(s), another family member or other suitable adult. However, some juvenile courts directly place a youth in CSP without first committing them to a correctional facility.

 

One goal of the 6 month CSP is to decrease the length of time a youth spends in an institution by providing a high level of supervision in the community. Youth initially are placed on electronic monitoring and must follow a strict schedule 7 days a week. CSP includes a level system that offers incentives for positive behavior and sanctions for negative behavior.

 

All DJC community supervision offices have CSP staff.  The largest  program is in Milwaukee with the resources to supervise up to 70 youth at one time. CSP supervision is available statewide even in counties without a formal CSP office.

  • Serious Juvenile Offender Program (SJOP)

Youth placed in the SJOP upon commitment to a correctional institution (JCI) continue in that program when placed in the community. Frequently, a youth may have 2-3 years remaining on his or her correctional order. Each youth receives individualized programming and treatment. Many youth participate in CSP or reside in a type 2 Child Caring Institution for a period of time upon return to the community. DJC has legal authority to release a SJO to aftercare supervision or to discharge from correctional supervision under certain circumstances.

  • Type 2 Child Caring Institution (CCI)

A CCI is a child caring institution operated by a child welfare agency for the care and maintenance of persons residing in the facility. In order to be designated by Department of Corrections as a Type 2 CCI, a regular CCI must first obtain approval from the Department of Health and Family Services by meeting the various requirements including the following:

  • Complying with all rules contained in ch. DOC 394, WI Adm. Code

  • Complying with DJC policies and procedures

  • Providing training to staff in the following subject areas:
    - Application of incident prevention and de-escalation techniques
    - Use of mechanical restraints
    - Use of physical force.