iowa board of corrections - Iowa Department of Corrections

TERRY E. BRANSTAD, GOVERNOR
KIM REYNOLDS, LT. GOVERNOR
DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
JOHN R. BALDWIN, DIRECTOR
IOWA BOARD OF CORRECTIONS AGENDA
Friday, May 3, 2013 – 9:00 a.m.
Iowa Department of Corrections
Clarinda Correctional Facility
2000 North 16th Street
Clarinda, Iowa
(515) 725-5708
TOPIC
PRESENTER
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Call to Order
Vice Chair, Rev. Michael Coleman
 Approval of April 5, 2013 Minutes (Action Item)
Vice Chair, Rev. Michael Coleman
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Introduction of New Board of Corrections Members
Vice Chair, Rev. Michael Coleman
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Election of New Board Chair and Vice Chair
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Next Board meeting will be June 3, 2013 at the Iowa
Vice Chair, Rev. Michael Coleman
Medical and Classification Center, Coralville, Iowa
(A meeting notice will be posted on the DOC website: www.doc.state.ia.us)
Welcome
Superintendent Mark Lund
Director’s Comments
John R. Baldwin
Budget Update
Brad Hier
Legislative Update
Fred Scaletta
Private Sector Work (What it is, how many offenders
have jobs, what companies are involved, what does
the future hold.)
Dan Clark
Fourth District Program Update
Carl Brack
Offender Movement from Critical Care Unit to
Clarinda Correctional Facility
Steve Jenkins and
Shawn Howard
Public Comments
Public
Open Discussion
Board Members
Adjournment
Board Members
Tour of Clarinda Correctional Facility
The Board of Corrections’ agenda is posted on the DOC Web Site at www.doc.state.ia.us
under the Board of Corrections Tab.
The mission of the Iowa Department of Corrections is to:
Advance successful offender reentry to protect the public, staff and offenders from victimization.
(Office) 515-725-5701 - 510 East 12th Street, Des Moines, Iowa 50319 - (FAX) 515-725-5799
www.doc.state.ia.us
TERRY E. BRANSTAD, GOVERNOR
KIM REYNOLDS, LT. GOVERNOR
DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
JOHN R. BALDWIN, DIRECTOR
IOWA BOARD OF CORRECTIONS MINUTES
Friday, April 5, 2013
Iowa Department of Corrections
Fifth Judicial District Department of Correctional Services
Evelyn Davis Center – 801 University Avenue
Des Moines, Iowa
Board Members Present: Chair David Erickson, Vice Chair Rev. Michael Coleman, Dr. John
Chalstrom, Sheryl Griffith, Johnie Hammond, Charles Larson, Sr., and Nancy Turner
Staff Present: Director Baldwin, Dan Craig, Dr. Harbans Deol, Andrea Wright, Sheryl Dahm, Kris
Weitzell, Diann Wilder-Tomlinson, Jerry Bartruff, Brad Hier, Abby Williams, Kip Shanks, Sally
Kreamer, Michael Savala
Visitors Present: Betty Christensen, FIWP; Jean Basinger, Justice Reform Consort/IACURE,
Pat Curtis, Radio Iowa; Eleena Mitchell-Sadler, Ombudsman; Marty Hathaway, AFSCME’;
Stephanie Murry, Melissa Gradischnig, Debra Schroeder, DHS; Sara Persons, CFI, Stephanie
Fawkes-Lee, JRC; Marty Ryan, JRC; Beth Lenstra, LSA
Call to Order, Chair David Erickson
 Chair Erickson called the meeting to order at 9:00 a.m. and asked Board Members for
approval of the March 8, 2013 Meeting Minutes. Sheryl Griffith made a motion to approve
the minutes and Nancy Turner seconded the motion. Motion passed.
 The next Board meeting will be May 3, 2013 at the Clarinda Correctional Facility, Clarinda,
Iowa.
(A meeting notice will be posted on the DOC website: www.doc.state.ia.us)
Welcome
Fifth District Director, Sally Kreamer, welcomed the Board of Corrections to the Evelyn Davis
Center (EDC). The Youthful Offender Program at the EDC has been a very positive program for
the young offenders. The young people come to the Center and work on their GEDs and
resumes. There are 39 agencies that have offices at the EDC, the agencies rotate the times they
are at the Center and it has been a good asset to the community.
Director’s Comments, John Baldwin
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The DOC has been approached by IJIS (Integrated Justice-Health Information Sharing)
group out of DC, which is the nation’s leading think tank group in sharing data between
government and private sector. The Department will partner with them for three grants.
One grant is for PREA (Prison Rape Elimination Act) and would let the DOC and jails share
PREA information from one facility to the other. The second grant is for sharing mental
health data both diagnoses and medications offenders are taking. The third grant ties into
sharing treatment documents with non-medical groups but with not for profit groups that do
treatment.
The mission of the Iowa Department of Corrections is to:
Advance successful offender reentry to protect the public, staff and offenders from victimization.
(Office) 515-725-5701 - 510 East 12th Street, Des Moines, Iowa 50319 - (FAX) 515-725-5799
www.doc.state.ia.us
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Director Baldwin will be leaving the meeting at approximately 10:30 in order to drive to
Columbia, Missouri for the memorial service of Tom Clements, who was the Director of DOC
in Colorado – took job in Colorado 18 months ago and was murdered.
A correctional officer, Jimmy Anderson, at the Mt. Pleasant Correctional Facility came in on
his off time to play volleyball – staff vs. offenders and had a heart attack and died. Jimmy
was truly a universally respected correctional officer of 21 years who understood his job and
was there to help the offenders reenter society. The Mt. Pleasant staffed helped quickly but
was not successful.
A Newton correctional officer was assaulted by an offender this week. Two correctional
officers and a treatment person responded immediately, who took the offender to the floor
and the dog handler arrived within 45 seconds.
Commutation process of Rasberry Williams was held last week in Waterloo. There was a lot
of press coverage and Governor Branstad. The outcome will be forthcoming.
Four more commutation hearings were held yesterday but all failed. All five BOP members
must respond positive and they did not get five votes.
The DOC is continuing with expansions at Mitchellville and Fort Madison. Four of the five
CBCs have the Governor’s recommendation and the beds will open in July 2013.
Director Baldwin shared that the Iowa Medical and Classification Center is in the process of
depopulating a unit to move the Clinical Care Unit (CCU) offenders up to Oakdale for
intense medical care.
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The early summer, CCU will be down to about 30-40 offenders. That staff will be used
to train other staff for new prison at Iowa State Penitentiary (ISP).
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The opening of ISP is scheduled for January 2014 but may open in October.
Iowa Correctional Institution for Women (ICIW) construction is continuing to make good
progress.
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Plans are to start moving offenders in August.
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Building 5, which is not in good shape at ICIW will be torn down.
An OSHA resolution was settled and abated and vacated regarding the bolting down of all
furniture at ISP.
The meeting today is being held in the One Stop Shop – this board approved the One Stop
Shop over the years a number of times. It never made it through the legislation. Des
Moines Area Community College stepped up and we are pleased they were able to host the
meeting.
o Clients are able to learn skills, work on GED, put resumes together, job search
assistance, basic literacy are a few things accomplished at the EDC; a tour will be
offered when the meeting is finished.
o A handout, Evelyn K. Davis Center for Working Families, will be posted on the DOC
website that will provide more information.
45 new staff attending Preservice.
Board Member Recognition Ceremony, Director Baldwin
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Chair David Erickson was presented with a basket and plaque from the Department and
was thanked for his dedicated service as a board member and chairperson of the Board of
Corrections.
o Chair Erickson shared that he has served as a public oversight member for the
Department and took the job very serious.
o Being a Board Member and Chair has been good experience and Chair Erickson
shared he has gained a lot of knowledge especially about the individuals who reside in
our institutions.
o Chair Erickson said that Director Baldwin is concerned about victims, public safety, the
DOC staff, and the offenders who will return to our neighborhoods and has appreciated
working with him.
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Chair Erickson has learned much information about the Department of Corrections and
appreciated the opportunity to serve and thanked the DOC staff for all their efforts.
Mrs. Johnie Hammond was also presented with a basket and a plaque from the Department
and was thanked for her dedicated service as a Board Member and especially for her care
and concern for bringing and keeping families of offenders together.
o Johnie said that it has been a privilege to serve and to have known all the great people
who served on this board.
o Johnie had prepared a document that she shared with the group that can be
summarized as transparency that is needed by the Department and a way to respect
the importance of confidentiality in security/public safety issues, while providing public
access to the majority of DOC policies.
TASER Conversation, District Directors Kip Shanks and Sally Kreamer
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Background of District Director Kip Shanks. Kip started with the high-risk unit 20 years ago
in the Fourth District and still has oversight of that unit.
o Kip saw numerous uses of force situations and shared why they feel the use of Tasers is
needed. Kip spoke of a domestic assault against an elderly mother. Four officers went
into a residence; the mother was in the corner – clearly frightened. The situation
became physical within a minute. The offender would not back down, three officers and
the offender received some minor injuries – the offender was bleeding which exposed
the officers. If a Taser was present, outcomes may have been better and less violent.
o In another situation an offender rushed the officers trying to get away. Weapons were
drawn. An officer had a Taser, it was deployed but not used and no one was injured.
o Staff in the Eighth District went with law enforcement to serve a warrant. The offender
was gripping a flashlight and would not comply. The officer drew his Taser and the
individual immediately complied. The flashlight was a high velocity stun gun.
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High risk units, working with the most difficult and violent offender on the street would like to
have the best tools available.
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District Director Shanks shared that there were over 2,000 arrests conducted and 14,000
home visits in his district last year. Officers do not know what they are walking into and do
not know if there are weapons in the house. Many times, officers are alone, in rural settings
and every tool provided them is needed. Our mission is for officers to come home safe and
offenders’ safety.
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In the Fifth District, District Director Kreamer shared eight times Tasers were deployed and
there was one injury. In 27 use of force incidents when no Taser was used there were 10
injuries to offenders and officers.
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District Director Kreamer said numerous times when an officer makes an arrest; a Taser is
pulled and never deployed. The individual gave up when they saw the Taser.
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Chair David Erickson asked Ms. Kreamer what she expected from the DOC Board.
Approval of the use of Taser? Ms. Kreamer said she would like the Board’s consideration
for allowing the use of Tasers by the Community Based Corrections District Warrant Teams.
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Johnie Hammond asked about state laws concerning the use of Tasers and Michael Savala
said it is an allowable tool by the Administrative Rules.
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Kip was asked about the training of staff and said that each officer has to be tased
themselves. The officers understand the seriousness of the use of a Taser. It is filmed and
kept in the record of them being tased. Sally said all of Warrant Officers are ILEA trained
and certified. The Districts will write the policy the same for all four districts where the
Tasers will be used. All officers that are tased will have a video recording of it.
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Director Baldwin was asked if Tasers would ever be in the prisons and he said no.
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Chair Erickson asked by a show of hands whether board members were supportive of the
Tasers being used by CBC’s. Nancy Turner, Charles Larson, Sr., Sheryl Griffith and Dr.
John Chalstrom raised their hands. Rev. Coleman did not raise his hand in support of
Tasers being used by the Districts and Johnie Hammond and Chair Erickson did not vote.
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Budget Update, Brad Hier
(The entire budget documents will be posted on the DOC website.)
House vs. Senate Subcommittee Appropriation
House Subcommittee:
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-$200,000 decrease to Central Office
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-$229,563 decrease at ICIW which would delay the opening
Senate Subcommittee
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Policy statements were shared with the Senate – keeps and maintains the operations of the
Critical Care Unit and the John Bennett Unit. This would add staff back and keep those
facilities open.
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Separates Luster Heights and keeps them open at 1.6 M funding.
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ICIW – decreases $1 million.
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Increases Education funding by $500,000.
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Decreases Central office funding by $-250,000
 CBCs – opens the facilities and adds back in counseling and PPO officers in CBCs.
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Opening the Anchor Center – would full fill the inpatient side of equation.
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40 beds at the Fifth District would receive funding.
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Both budgets have an impact and will be addressed over the next month or so. Both sides of
chambers have spoke and the Department will side with the Governor’s Recommendation.
Legislative Update, Fred Scaletta, Sheryl Dahm and Kris Weitzell
(Handout in entirety listed below.)
HF 159
An Act relating to the possession of certain products with the intent to use the products to manufacture
a controlled substance, and making penalties applicable.
It appears the bill's intent is to keep pace with trends in meth recipes.
Voted out of House
HF 167
An Act establishing a child endangerment offense for the mother of a newborn child who caused an
illegal drug to be present in the newborn child’s body, and providing a penalty.
DOC concurs with CJJP’s correctional impact of this bill (HSB 49 = Child Endangerment). When I plug Paul’s figures into the
policy simulation tool, I get an impact on the prison population by year as follows:
Year 1 = 4 additional offenders
Year 2 = 9
Year 3 and beyond: a permanent increase in the prison population of 10 offenders.
Voted out of House
HF527
An Act requiring a person convicted of or receiving a deferred judgment for an aggravated misdemeanor
to submit a DNA sample and including effective date provisions.
Passed out of Subcommittee - Amendments will be requested.
Voted out of Senate
Voted out of House
HF534
An Act relating to identity theft, and providing a penalty.
It appears the bill's intent is to clarify that the Identity Theft statute is not to be used in instances where minors are using false
IDs to purchase alcohol and in a number of other minor situations.
Voted out of House
HF552
An Act relating to notification of the placement of sex offenders in nursing facilities, residential care
facilities, and assisted living programs, and the prohibition of certain placements of sexually violent predators in
such facilities and programs, and providing penalties, and including effective date provisions.
The proposed law does not prohibit them from denying entry. To the extent that facilities will go ahead and deny admission,
we may have serious challenges placing people being released from prison – or even placing community-supervised offenders
who over the course of their supervision – especially lifetime special sentence supervision – develop a need for this type of
care.
Voted out of House
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HF555
An Act relating to the sentencing of a minor who commits murder in the first degree, providing
penalties, and including effective date provisions.
This bill will not apply retroactively to currently incarcerated offenders.
Prison admissions of offenders covered by the bill's provision are rare. Between FY2000 and FY2012, nine offenders were
admitted to prison who meet the criteria covered by the bill; this amounts to fewer than one offender per year.
Prison lengths of stay for Class A felons is already substantial, as noted by CJJP.
For the above two reasons, we would foresee no significant correctional impact for this bill.
HF557
An Act establishing a criminal offense for removing or attempting to remove a communication device
from the possession of a peace officer.
Voted out of House
Amended to include correctional officers.
Voted out of Senate
Regarding adding correctional officers and PDAs to the bill, we can’t determine the number of annual cases, but it is
reasonable to assume the number would not be large.
HF558
An Act relating to drug control, including the criminal offense of prohibited acts related to controlled
substances and the information program for drug prescribing and dispensing, and providing a penalty.
DOC would anticipate a small correctional impact due to the bill’s provisions.
Voted out of Senate
HSB32
An Act relating to the penalties for the criminal offense of sexual exploitation of a minor by the
purchase or possession of child pornography.
I can tell you that since FY1995 there have only been 56 new prison commitments under chapter 728, so there have been very
few. According to the JDW there have been 65 convictions under chapter 728 during the last three FY. If more resources are
devoted to support these prosecutions, an increase in offenders sentenced to prison and CBC would be expected.
There is an expected increase in the prison population as more Class D felony convictions result from the increased penalties
in the bill. The impact on probation is not significant
SF134
An Act relating to the use of restraints against a pregnant inmate or detainee and including effective
date provisions.
SF326
An Act making modifications to the sex offender registry and the statute of limitations for sex abuse
offenses, creating a missing children safety fund, and making appropriations.
DOC would have further input on the fiscal impact to DOC for SF326. In order to accommodate the expected increase in
hearings related to sex offender risk assessment classifications, the DOC will require one (1) administrative law judge ALJ2
position at $100,879.86 (all costs including salary and benefits).
Two sex offender risk assessments have been validated for Iowa sex offenders and are in use by the Iowa Department of
Corrections: The Static99-R and ISORA (Iowa Sex Offender Risk Assessment), with the latter assessment primarily used to
assess women offenders and those for whom a Static99-R should not be completed.
The effect of the bill will be to return to the early years of sex offender registration based on assessment. There will
necessarily be an increase in certain activities pertaining to training, information sharing and notifications. Due to shorter
registration periods for some sex offenders, there may be a decrease in convictions for sex offender registration violations.
Voted out of Senate.
SF359
An Act relating to an assault that occurs between persons in an intimate relationship and the crime of
domestic abuse assault and making penalties applicable.
Voted out of Senate committee and Voted out of House.
According to the Justice Data Warehouse, 2,657 offenders were convicted of domestic abuse assault in FY2011. CJJP
reports 24,338 protective orders issued in FY2010. Including intimate partner abuse in the definition of domestic abuse
assault may increase the number of charges and convictions.
SF385
An Act establishing the criminal offense of sexual abuse in the fourth degree, making related changes
to sexual abuse in the third degree and the sex offender registry, providing penalties, and including retroactive and
other applicability provisions.
SF63
An Act relating to the electronic tracking and monitoring of persons on the sex offender registry.
Section 2, the bill. Requires the DOC to place all sex offenders who are on supervision on an electronic tracking and
monitoring system.
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Currently, the DOC has discretion to use electronic monitoring based on offender risk and other relevant factors. So if the bill
passes we could see major impact.
SSB1027
An Act requiring a person receiving a deferred judgment for or convicted of an aggravated
misdemeanor to submit a DNA sample and including effective date provisions.
SSB1043
An Act relating to the possession of certain products with the intent to use the products to
manufacture a controlled substance, and making penalties applicable.
It appears the bill's intent is to keep pace with trends in meth recipes. That is, the bill's presence suggests that meth makers
are switching from one ingredient to another or changed recipes in order to avoid prosecution for possession of precursor
drugs. If that is the case, then we would foresee no significant correctional impact for the bill. On the contrary, not passing the
bill might result in fewer prosecutions under the precursor statute.
SSB1089
An Act relating to the sentencing of minors convicted of murder in the first degree and including
effective date and applicability provisions.
This bill will not apply retroactively to currently incarcerated offenders.
SSB1109
An Act relating to robbery in the first degree, and providing a penalty.
DOC concurs with CJJP’s correctional impact of this bill. The long-term correctional and fiscal impact on the Iowa prison
population should not be understated. If two prison admissions per year for Robbery-1st instead of Robbery-2nd occur under
the bill’s provisions (a reasonable assumption), such offenders would serve a minimum of 17.5 years prior to parole eligibility,
compared with 7 years. The prison population would eventually permanently increase by 21 offenders. These longer-term
incarcerated offenders will as a group requires more health care dollars for chronic medical conditions as they age in prison.
Upon release they will require more assistance with housing, employment and reintegration into society – similar to commuted
lifers.
Corrections’ Education Status Report, Sandra Smith
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Sandra Smith is the Director of Education for the Department of Corrections.
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Update on overview of the expectations for the GED starting January 2014.
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There will be no pencil and paper version of the GED test starting January.
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DOC has been working with Department of Education on literacy to make sure the
DOC has the ability and technology to be part of the process in making the transition
from pencil and paper to computer-based testing.
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Four institutions are completing pilots of the GED testing.
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Offenders will not be allowed to access the internet – security will be a priority.
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A laptop has the software for the test and will be controlled by our community college
partner. The laptop will be brought into the facility, down loaded to the computer the
offender is working on.
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The test is timed.
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First site was set up December 2012 at the Iowa Correctional Institution for Women.
Newton has a site set up and Oakdale and Rockwell City will be set up soon
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14 offenders have completed and passed the GED testing with the new format.
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There are approximately 500 to 520 GED tests completed throughout the year.
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Iowa is looking at alternative assessments that will offer computer-based GED testing. A
Request for Proposal was sent out and the Department will look at various companies that
will offer alternative for GED testing.
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New computer based-Depth of Knowledge – DOK model. In the past taking the assessment
was recalling the concept – the DOK now says you understand this concept and take the
concept and apply it to the real world. Looks at real world reality. Instruction has to be more
rigorous. Teachers will now have to do direct instruction. Focused on reading writing, math
and social studies – new component is the financial component. Part of literacy will be part
of understanding financial.
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McGraw Hill has created an alternative for special needs population that would have an
alternative assessment in order to no leave out a certain population.
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Offenders that took the test were very pleased they received results immediately from
computer-based testing.
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The institutions are offering a technology class so they have computer skills needed to take
the GED testing. Remedial math classes are offered as well.
Departments of Corrections and Human Services Parent Pilot Program, Andrea Wright
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Gail Huckins came up with the innovative idea to bring DHS into the prisons. Gail and Deb
Schroeder, DHS supervisor, discussed ideas on how to incorporate incarcerated fathers into
the lives of their families - how to get families back together.
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Deb Schroeder worked on how to get DHS employees to visit offenders. Some case
workers had children involved by having a parent in prison.
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The program will assist fathers in becoming a more active part of their children’s lives even
though they aren’t physically present on a day-today basis.
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In January 2013 the program began with 20 offenders attending a four week DHS 101 class
to learn more about their rights as a parent. This class was followed by an eight week
treatment class called 24/7 which is a dad’s parenting class for incarcerated offenders. The
class targets offenders who are involved with DHS and teaches healthy communication
skills, advocacy, and reentry into the community.
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Comments from offenders have been very positive – DHS is not seen as the enemy in this
program. Men are learning to be better persons and fathers. They share that they have
hope again.
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DHS provides an on-site social worker available once a week to assist offenders in
individual parenting issues including custody hearings, CINA cases, termination of rights
hearings. The social worker at Mt. Pleasant Correctional Facility contacts the social worker
in the county the children reside in order to have a two way conversation between the father
and the case worker.
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Eighty-nine offenders have been served; there are 130 men on the waiting list.
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The program is looking at ICN visits with children/family. Hope to get that going soon.
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Charles Larson, Sr. asked if any follow-up after the offenders are released; and whether
they are paying child support.
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Andrea said the program has started small but they do plan to review how it effects release
and recidivism.
Public Comments
Stephanie Fawkes-Lee recommends revisiting the mission statement to support the changes in
the policy regarding the use of Tasers.
Open Discussion, Board Members
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Johnie Hammond share over the last two or three months there has been focus on
transparency in the Department’s policy development but Director Baldwin shows in the
Iowa Code where they may be confidential.
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Mrs. Hammond suggested that the issues related to the care of shackling female offenders
be put in the health portion of policies to support the safety of pregnant offenders.
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Mrs. Hammond also suggested policy titles could be attached to the monthly agenda
whether public or confidential and board members could request information.
Adjournment, Board Members
Sheryl Griffith made a motion to adjourn the meeting; Charles Larson, Sr. seconded the motion.
Motion passed.
Respectfully submitted,
Fay Olson, Executive Secretary
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4th Judicial District
Residential Treatment Center
RTC
To advance successful
offender reentry to protect the
public, staff and offenders
from victimization
4th Judicial District
Residential Treatment Center
1102 9th Ave.
Council Bluffs, IA 51501
Michael Flairty
Division Manager
(712) 325-4943 ext. 236
Carl Brack
Executive Officer SOTP
(712) 325-4943 ext. 271
• Temporary placement for all offenders participating in SOTP
• Psychosexual Evaluation including multiple psychological and
sex offender risk assessments
• Comprehensive programming for sex offenders • Individual and group therapy
• Pre-treatment, Primary and Aftercare therapy groups
• Unique approach to treatment and supervision of sex offenders
• Enhances community safety
• Improves likelihood of successful re-entry into the community
Iowa Prison Industries
Iowa Board of Corrections Meeting
Clarinda Correctional Facility
May 3, 2013
Overview of Iowa Prison Industries
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Work training for offenders in Iowa’s state prisons.
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100% financially self-supporting for more than 50 years.
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IPI trains 575 of the 8,200 total population each day, and
1,400 over the course of a year.
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90% of offenders in State prison will be released.
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IPI workers have a lower rate of return to prison.
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Fewer crimes committed = fewer victims, lower costs
Successful re-entry is our goal.
“ …promulgate and adopt rules, and advise the state
director …so as to further the intent stated by §904.801. ”
Doug Hillman
Robert Carr
Terry Goodman
Dwanyne Anderson
Thomas Phillips
Robin Malmberg
Marcia Nichols
Finance
DOC
Manufacturing
Agriculture
Parole
Vocational Education
Labor
Drake University
Former State Senator
PDM Distribution Services
Rosen's Inc
Board of Parole
Southeastern CC
AFSCME International
“Statement of Intent for Prison Industries”
(Iowa Code §904.801)
“To develop Positive Attitudes
which will enable offenders to
eventually function as law-abiding,
self-supporting members of the
community”
“Good work habits that will assist them in eventually securing
and holding gainful employment outside the correctional system”
“To the extent feasible, marketable skills that can lead directly to
gainful employment upon release from a correctional institution.”
“Provide for their dependents,
thus tending to strengthen the inmates’
family ties while reducing the likelihood
that inmates’ families will have to rely
upon public assistance”
“Make restitution to the victims of the offenses for which the
inmates were incarcerated, so as to assist the inmates in accepting
responsibility for the consequences of their acts”
“Pay some portion of the cost of board, in a manner similar
to what would be necessary if they were employed in the community”
“Accumulate savings so that such inmates will have funds
for necessities upon their eventual return to the community”
Traditional Industries
IPI Farms
Private Sector Partnerships
Traditional Industries
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Facilities at seven State institutions
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Manufacturing: furniture, signs, textiles, etc.
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Services: call center, moving & install, restoration
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70 civilian staff and 422 offender FTEs
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$24 million in annual sales
IPI Farms
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Row crops and cow-calf operations
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7 acre garden near Fort Madison began last year
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DNR partnership near Fort Madison
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Leased ground at 10 locations
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9 staff and 10 offenders
Private Sector Operations
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Prison Industry Enhancement (PIE) Certification Program
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Created by Congress in 1979
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Operate under state and federal guidelines
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Eight partner companies throughout the state
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On and off institution grounds
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Employers pay market wages
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Offenders keep 20%
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140 FTEs during FY12
Objectives of the PIE Program
Generate products and services that enable offenders to
◦ make a contribution to society;
◦ help offset the cost of their incarceration;
◦ compensate their crime victims;
◦ support their families;
◦ reduce their idleness;
◦ Increase their job skills;
◦ improve their prospects for successful release;
Key Provisions of PIE Programs
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Voluntary: offenders sign an agreement
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Market Wages: bi-annual determination by IWD
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No Displacement: private company must show it can’t fill jobs
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Mandated Deductions: offenders retain 20% of gross wages
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Notification and Approval: IA legislature, law enforcement, etc
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Federal Oversight: reporting and assessment by BJA
Employer
Product Line
BrandFX Body Co.
Composite Truck Bodies
H&H Trailers LLC
Cargo Trailers
The Jet Company
Inst.
NCCF
Location
Avg
FTE
Pocahontas, IA
22
CCF
On Grounds
40
Ag/Construction Trailers
NCCF
Humboldt, IA
14
NuAge Marketing
Telemarketing Services
NCCF
On Grounds
18
Misty Harbor Boats
Pontoon Boats
FDCF
On Grounds
2
Rock Communications Commercial Printing
NCF
Newton, IA
26
Sully Truck Wash
Truck Wash
NCF
Sully, IA
The Graphic Edge
Screen Printed Apparel
NCCF
Carroll, IA
8
10
Deductions from Gross Wages
Iowa Code §904.809 governs deductions:
20% to the offender’s account
Federal and state taxes, Social Security and Medicare
5% to the state’s Victim Compensation Fund (administered by the AG Office)
Court ordered Child Support
Court ordered Restitution
Federal law limits Victim Programs to 5-20% of gross wages.
(Victim compensation plus Restitution.)
Remaining wages are split between Iowa’s General Fund and the
host institution (to compensate for security and other costs)
Distribution of Gross Wages
($2.7 million in FY2012)
Transportation
Taxes, FICA
and Other
and Medicare
$82,313
$481,112
Child Support
$166,086
General Fund
and
Institutions
$1,031,002
Offender
Account and
Savings
$546,170
Restitution and
Victim Comp.
$421,681
PIE: Win-Win-Win

Iowa employers obtain the trained workers they need;

Recidivism is lowest for offenders in private sector programs;

State recoups some costs of incarceration;

Crime victims receive Restitution during offender’s incarceration;

Citizens benefit as offenders pay federal and state taxes;

Offenders receive real world training, often have a job waiting;

Families receive their child support;

Offender management is easier;
Learn more:
www.iaprisonind.com
Iowa Prison Industries
Iowa Board of Corrections Meeting
Clarinda Correctional Facility
May 3, 2013