Perf-Based Stds, Adult Corr. Inst. 5th ed March 2020

Appendix E: Outcome Measures

7. Inmate Programs: The institution’s programs for inmates provide meaningful work, educational, and recreational programs designed to facilitate a stable institutional environment and the inmate’s subsequent reentry into the community. .

Performance Standards

Outcome Measures

7A: Work and Correctional Industries - Work and correctional industries programs incorporate work conditions that reflect jobs in equivalent work categories outside of the institution. 7B: Academic and Vocational Education - The facilities academic and vocational education programs improve the educational levels of assigned offenders and participate in program accreditation, promote staff professional certification, incorporate community resources and participate in internal and external peer review. 7C: Recreation and Activities - Recreation and similar leisure activities are provided to reduce idle- ness, provide opportunities for skill acquisition, promote healthy activities and foster positive group interaction 7D: Mail, Telephone & Visiting - The maintenance of family and community ties through the provision of comprehensive mail, telephone and visiting services is critical to stable institutional adjustment and improves opportunities for successful reintegration. 7E: Library - The facility should provide library services that support educational programs, promote reading skills, enhance leisure activities and maintain awareness of circumstances in the community at large. 7F: Religious Programs - The offender population should have the opportunity to participate in the prac- tices of their faith group as enhanced through the supplemental contribu- tions of community resources.

7A-1 The number of work and correctional industries slots available in the past 12 months divided by the average daily population in the past 12 months.

7A-2 The average number of offenders with full time work/program assignments in the past 12 months divided by the average number of offenders eligible for work assignment in the past 12 months.

7B-1 The number of academic/vocational slots available divided by the average daily population in the past 12 months.

7B-2 The number of offenders who passed the General Equivalency Diploma (HI Set) exams while confined in the past 12 months divided by the average daily population in the last 12 months.

7B-3 Number of offender on offender assaults, as defined in the SIS form, in the past 12 months divided by the average daily population in the past 12 months.

Compliance verified through expected practice files. No outcome measure required.

Compliance verified through expected practice files. No outcome measure required.

Compliance verified through expected practice files. No outcome measure required.

7F-1 The number of regular participants, as defined by the agency, in structured religious programming in the past 12 months divided by the average daily population in the past 12 months.

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