NORTH CAROLINA

COMMUNITY
CORRECTIONS
Presenter ZEBEDE DRAKE JR.

N.C. COMMUNITY SUPERVISIONS

MISSION

Assess the risk level in order to determine appropriate case

management plans.

Provide management of sex offenders in the community that will

enhance public safety.

Create public awareness and prevent further victimization through

collaboration with victim groups, the treatment community and
criminal justice agencies.

Provide appropriate treatment and behavior modification for

identified sex offenders.

NCDPS DIVISION of ADULT

CORRECTION CORE CODE of ETHICS
It is the policy of the North Carolina Department of Public Safety Division of Adult Correction that
no person connected with the Division of Adult Correction will use his or her official position to
secure real or perceived special privileges or advantages. Entrusted and empowered by the
people of North Carolina, we the employees within the Division of Adult Correction, individually
and collectively, adopt the following as our Code of Ethics and will diligently strive to:
Be committed to excellence;
Promote and facilitate teamwork;
Perform my job to the best of my abilities;
Be consistent in the application of my duties;
Be trustworthy, honest, and straight-forward;
Engage in efforts toward mutual understanding;
Be accountable to the citizens of North Carolina;

NCDPS DIVISION of ADULT

CORRECTION CORE VALUES
Uphold the principles and traditions of my profession;
Provide quality service to my customers and stakeholders;
Enhance my job performance by maximizing learning opportunities;
Embrace diversity, promote Inclusiveness, and respect human dignity;
Promote positive change that is beneficial to the Agency and the State;
Comply with all laws, regulations, and rules governing the Department,
and policies of the Department;
Protect the safety and welfare of the public, fellow-employees, offenders,
and myself, cautiously guarding against injury or loss.

HISTORY

The father of probation was John Augustus, a

Boston shoemaker.

In the 1840s, Augustus stood bail for select offenders

and promised to monitor their activities and report to
the judge.

His actions led to the first formal probation law in 1878.

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N.C. COMMUNITY SUPERVISION NEEDS

Housing for Sex Offenders - Transitional housing

designed to meet the needs of sex offenders

Emergency Housing - Short-term, overnight housing

accommodations needed when alternative housing has
not been arranged

Pay Increase for Community Supervisions

Employees

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Drug Treatment Court (DTC)

Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services

Treatment Accountability for Safer Communities (TASC)

Drug Education Schools

Fines

Unsupervised Probation

Community Service Work Program

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Supervised Probation, Post-Release Supervision and

Parole

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Drug Treatment Court (DTC) enhance and monitor the

delivery of treatment services to chemically-dependent adult
offender

The unique aspect of DTC versus other sanctions is the

requirement that participants report to court and interact with
the judge about their behavior and progress every two weeks.

Retention in a treatment process for up to 12 months is a

major objective of DTC.

Goal of the DTC is to break the cycle of addiction that gives

rise to repeated law-breaking episodes

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Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services are to

reduce the risk an offender poses to public safety by addressing
the offender's criminogenic (crime-producing) needs.

Mental health and substance abuse services are

community punishments.

Judge's discretion to order an offender to obtain a mental

health or substance abuse assessment and comply with any
treatment recommended as a result of that assessment.

Target population is individuals with the most severe types

of disabilities

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Treatment Accountability for Safer Communities (TASC) an

intervention program for individuals with substance abuse or mental
health problems involved in the adult criminal justice system

TASC is a community punishment.

Priority populations offenders sentenced to community punishment

who violated probation and are at risk of revocation, sentenced to an
intermediate punishment, or completed a prison treatment program

If the offender fails to comply with treatment, the TASC care

manager reports the non-compliance to the probation officer and
discusses potential modifications to the existing service plan.

TASC is most frequently imposed as a condition of supervised probation

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Drug Education Schools curriculum is based on an effective

education model, covering topics such as legal, social and
financial implications of substance use and abuse, pharmacology
and physiology of drugs, and life skills (peer pressure,
communication, and decision-making).

DES is responsible for managing the case and reporting

violations to the court for offenders with a deferred prosecution
agreement

If DES is imposed as a condition of supervised probation, staff

reports the offender's progress to the probation officer who is
responsible for reporting violations to the court.

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A fine is a financial penalty. It may be the sole sanction of a

community punishment or a condition of unsupervised or
supervised probation.

A community punishment and may be imposed for most

crimes.

The court must consider the burden that payment will impose
in view of the financial resources of the defendant.

The sentencing judge may order an offender to appear in

court at a specified time to show why he or she should not be
imprisoned.

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Unsupervised Probation is probation without

supervision of a probation officer.

Unsupervised probation is a community punishment.

Generally used for misdemeanors and offenders who do
not require supervision (DUIs, DWIs etc.)

An offender is subject to all the conditions of probation

except supervision

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Community Service Work Program enable offenders to repay

the community for damages caused by their criminal acts.

CSWP is considered a community punishment.

A sanctioning tool at every stage of the criminal justice system

(Non-violent first offenders with a condition of deferred
prosecution).

CSWP requires the offender to work for free for public or nonprofit
agencies in an area that will benefit the greater community.

Each offender must pay a fee of $250.00 to Clerk of Superior

Court

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Supervised Probation, Post-Release Supervision

and Parole to control the offender in the community,
provide opportunities for substance abuse and mental
health treatment,

Supervised probation is a community punishment.

Ensure compliance with the conditions of probation or

parole and enforce the through the violation process

Unless the court makes a specific finding no less

than 12 no more than 36 months

COMMUNITY SUPERVISION FUTURE

The Department of Correction will be faced with many

demands over the next 25 years. Recent sentencing law

reforms and an emphasis on fiscal accountability will
force the Department of Correction to implement new
methods of managing a dynamic offender population in a
more cost-efficient manner.

REFERNCES

LAW, R. P. T. S. (2010). NORTH CAROLINA SENTENCING

AND POLICY ADVISORY COMMISSION.

(2015). North Carolina Department of Public Safety

Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice
Community Corrections Policy & Procedures