INDIANAPOLIS-MARION COUNTY CITY-COUNTY COUNCIL RE-ENTRY POLICY STUDY COMMISSION REPORT JULY 2013 INDIANAPOLIS-MARION COUNTY COUNCIL RE-ENTRY POLICY STUDY COMMISSION REPORT About the Commission The Re-entry Policy Study Commission was established by City-County Council Resolution 80, 2012 anD later amenDeD by Council Resolution 90, which expanDed the membership of the Commission. The Commission was directeD to: Examine anD investigate the current policies and procedures relating to the re-entry of ex-offenDers and the economic and community impact of reducing recidivism in Marion County, Hold public hearings and take public input, and Report to the Council findings and recommendations for improvement. The mission of the Re-entry Policy Study Commission is to increase public safety in Marion County by breaking the cycle of criminal activity by ex-offenders who are re-entering the community. This will be accomplisheD by examining, investigating and facilitating the implementation of policy and proceDures related to the re-entry of ex-offenders with a focus on the economic anD community impact of those measures. Re-entry Policy Study Commission Members Mary Moriarty Adams Jose Salinas Commission Chair Judge Chair, Public Safety & Criminal Justice Committee Marion Superior Court Indianapolis-Marion County Council Angela Smith Jones Joyce Dabner Director of Public Policy Re-entry Coordinator Greater Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce Starting Over Corps Valerie Washington Rhiannon Edwards Deputy Director/Chief Financial Officer Executive Director Indianapolis Department of Public Safety Public Advocates in Community re-Entry (PACE) Melissa Benton Andrew Fogle Ex-offenDer Liaison Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Office anD Grant Manager Marion County Prosecutor’s Office Indy-east Asset Development William Gooden Shawn HenDricks Councillor Ex-offenDer Liaison Indianapolis-Marion County Council ReCycle Force Willie Jenkins Re-Entry Administrator Office of the Mayor, Indianapolis Staff Mike Lloyd Fred Biesecker Director of Transitional Facilities anD Community-BaseD General Counsel Programs Indianapolis-Marion County Council Indiana Department of Correction (IDOC) Hope Tribble Robert Ohlemiller Chief Financial Officer and Policy Analyst Program Director, Jail Division Indianapolis-Marion County Council Marion County Sheriff's Office Leslie Williams Vop Osili Administrative Assistant Councillor Indianapolis-Marion County Council Indianapolis-Marion County Council Page 2 INDIANAPOLIS-MARION COUNTY COUNCIL RE-ENTRY POLICY STUDY COMMISSION REPORT Acknowledgements The Commission acknowleDges with gratitude, the following people anD organizations that participated in the policy study process: Partners The Commission has identified the following organizations as partners in the work to meet its mission. American Institute of Research Marion County Community Corrections Bethlehem House Marion County Jail City of Indianapolis Office of Audit anD Marion County Prosecutor’s Office Performance Marion County Public Defender Agency Community Solutions Inc. Marion County Re-entry anD Drug Court Craine House Marion County Re-entry Coalition Drug Free Marion County Marion County Sheriff’s Department Fathers anD Families Mayor's Office of Re-entry Goodwill Marion Superior Court Probation Department Homeless and Re-entry Helpers Neighborhood Christian Legal Clinic HOPE (Helping Others Prosper Economically) PACE Team Recycle Force Indiana Department of Correction State of Indiana – Access to Recovery Indiana Department of Correction – Parole Step Up, Inc. Indiana Department of Workforce Development Trusted Mentors Indianapolis-Marion County Council United Way Indy Chamber Use What You’ve Got Prison Ministries Indy Reads Volunteers of America Indiana University School of Public anD Environmental Affairs Report Writers Additional Contributors Lisa Brueggeman John Alt John Cocco Ed DeLaney Rhiannon Edwards Lena Hackett Julie Fidler Manual MenDez and Office of Audit and Performance Andy Fogle Vanessa Summers Konrad Haight Greg Taylor Roger Jarjoura Mary Leffler Page 3 INDIANAPOLIS-MARION COUNTY COUNCIL RE-ENTRY POLICY STUDY COMMISSION REPORT Presenters Sandra Bryan Derrick Franke Mike Lloyd Deputy Chief Probation Officer Visiting Assistant Professor of Criminal Director of Transitional Facilities anD Marion Superior Court Probation Justice Community-Based Programs Department Indiana University Purdue University at Indiana Department of Corrections Indianapolis (IUPUI) John Cocco Cara Misetic Re-entry Case Manager Lena Hackett Regional Behavioral Health Director Step Up, Inc. Community Solutions, Inc. Corizon Marion County Re-entry Coalition Barbara CrawforD Mitzi Wilson Presiding Judge Bruce Henry Staff Attorney Marion Superior Court 9 Director of Human Resources Neighborhood Christian Legal Clinic City of Indianapolis Tricia Dierks Bob Ohlemiller Manager of Employment and Denise Jackson Program Director Compensation Indiana Department of Correction Marion County Sheriff’s Office Wishard Health Services Parole District #3 Kevin Potter John Deiter G. Roger Jarjoura Vice President Executive Director Principal Researcher Shiel Sexton Marion County Community Corrections American Institutes for Research Ben SanDman M. Travis DiNicola Willie Jenkins Residential Programs and Re-entry Executive Director Re-entry Administrator Coordinator Indy Reads Indianapolis Department of Public Marion County Community Corrections Safety Rhiannon Edwards Lucia Sheehan Executive Director Angela Smith Jones Criminal Justice Literacy Specialist Public Advocates in Community Director of Public Policy Indy Reads re-Entry (PACE) Indy Chamber Shelette Veal Trelles Evans Gregg Keesling General Counsel Manager of Employment Development President Indianapolis Housing Agency and Training Recycle Force Goodwill Industries Jeri Warner Christine Kerl Executive Director Julie Fidler Chief Probation Officer Trusted Mentors Human Services Grants Manager Marion Superior Court Department of Metropolitan Kay Wiles Development Deron Kintner Supervisor, Homeless Initiative Program Deputy Mayor for Economic HealthNet Inc. Stephen E. Fisher Development Indiana Department of Workforce City of Indianapolis Development Mary Leffler Andy Fogle Director of Community Engagement Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Volunteers of America (VOA) Marion County Prosecutor’s Office Page 4 INDIANAPOLIS-MARION COUNTY COUNCIL RE-ENTRY POLICY STUDY COMMISSION REPORT Table of Contents About the Commission 2 Acknowledgements 3 Introduction & Purpose 7 Definition of ReciDivism 10 Re-entrant Statistics and Demographics, incluDing the Re-entrant Population 11 Fiscal Impact 13 Criminal Justice System 14 Policy Issues 17 Economic Impact 18 Uses of Time During Incarceration 26 Wrap Around Services (Case Management) 30 Health, Mental Health and Addiction Services 32 Housing 36 Employment 40 Sentencing Options & Alternatives 44 Policy Improvement Opportunities 48 Measuring & Reporting Progress 51 Appendices Appendix A: Meeting Agendas, Minutes and Handouts Appendix B: Presenter List & Biographies Appendix C: Commission Member Biographies Appendix D: Reference Materials Appendix E: Enacting Proposals to City County Council Page 5 INDIANAPOLIS-MARION COUNTY COUNCIL RE-ENTRY POLICY STUDY COMMISSION REPORT Page 6 INDIANAPOLIS-MARION COUNTY COUNCIL RE-ENTRY POLICY STUDY COMMISSION REPORT Introduction & Purpose From Mary Moriarty Adams, Commission Chair, and Vop Osili, City-County Councillor The statistics spoke loudly: data from the Indiana Department of Correction and the Marion County Jail indicate that approximately 5,000 men and women are released into Marion County from prisons and jails each year. During the last few years, approximately 51% of those released into Marion County have returned to incarceration within three years of their release date. The average annual cost for an incarcerated offender is more than $25,000. Reducing the rate of recidivism would have significant economic and public safety benefits in addition to increasing the number of productive members of our community. In response, the City-County Council decided to take action to address issues that we found. In partnership with our public safety partners, members of the Marion County Re-entry Coalition, the Greater Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce and other community organizations, the Council’s Re-Entry Policy Study Commission began its work to examine, on a local level, the number of men and women incarcerated, the number released and the number who reciDivate, costs associated with offenders as they move through the prison system and to develop policies to address concerns about our county’s high recidivism rate as identified by local business, policy groups, community organizations and social service agencies . These numbers, coupled with the costs to local government, challenge the Council’s ability to adequately fund and address concerns raised by our public safety partners, county resiDents, and to realize the successful outcomes of those re-entering our community from incarceration. The Re-entry Policy Study Commission was created and amended by Council Resolutions 80, 2012 and 90, 2012, respectively. Under the authority of the Council, its purpose is to examine and investigate current policies and procedures relating to the re-entry of ex-offenders and the economic and community impact of reducing reciDivism in Marion County. From November, 2012 through April of 2013, the Commission held 10 public hearings, received presentations from subject matter experts