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<DIV><FONT size=4>Tom, </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Thank you for your good questions.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Unfortunately, I do not have any good answers. Child
sexual abuse is a difficult topic to get most people to discuss rationally, let
alone many of those in the conservative Idaho legislature (who seem to have
trouble discussing a number of topics rationally). There is also a paucity
of competent research in this area, or at least there was several years
ago.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Given the often horrible consequences to the victims and their
families, it think it is well worth tracking child sexual abusers by
satellite to help prevent further harm, and passing that cost onto the offender
whenever possible.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Voluntary castration for male offenders, though controversial,
may help. I simply lack the knowledge of all aspects of this problem to
provide insightful, useful answers which have a high probability of
working.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>There is also the problem of innocent people being
convicted. Two things lead to this: </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>1. False child sexual abuse accusations can
arise from conflicts in a relationship, motivations of revenge, a weapon that is
used in a child custody dispute, etc.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>2. Over
conviction-enthusiastic/poor/non-objective work by some of the so-called sexual
specialists who help investigate complaints and prepare them for
trial.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>From Boundary County experiences, I believe this to be
true. There is a rather young man now serving a life sentence without
possibility of parole for a child sexual abuse crime that I do not believe he
committed. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Before the trial, I thought he was guilty. But during
the trial several things changed my mind:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>The complaining witness, a jilted girl friend (and not the
mother of the child), was a little too vindictive on the stand despite a lame
cross-examination by the defense attorney, the child's mother who denied that
any of the alleged acts took place was to me a convincing witness for the
defense, the sexual expert was too conviction-pointing-enthusiastic and I
thought she perjured herself just by observing her body language and tone of her
voice, the sexual expert was only cross-examined perfunctorily, the victim was
obviously very carefully coached on what to say and her language did not vary a
bit -- it seemed memorized and even then, made without conviction, the defendant
was represented by a public defender who obviously didn't prepare for the trial
and showed by a number of behaviors that he did not believe in his client.
When a prosecutor can villianize a defendant with impunity, the alleged crime
is really repugnant, and the defense attorney disengaged, it is much easier
to get a conviction than an acquittal.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>I wish there were better answers. I know that there are
intelligent, properly motivated people working in this area, but at this point
we don't have a lot to show for it. Let's hope we soon will.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4><BR>Art Deco (Wayne A. Fox)<BR><A
href="mailto:deco@moscow.com">deco@moscow.com</A><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=the_ivies3@yahoo.com href="mailto:the_ivies3@yahoo.com">Tom Ivie</A>
</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=deco@moscow.com href="mailto:deco@moscow.com">Art
Deco</A> ; <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, February 01, 2006 9:42 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] Sexual offense legislation (was News from
the Legislature)</DIV></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Wayne,</DIV>
<DIV>How do you feel about some of the sexual offender measures the legislature
is contemplating? I have heard that there are proposals to require
satelite tracking, increasing registration requirements for violent offenders
(quarterly for violent, yearly for the others), increasing the registration fee
for "regular" offenders to $40 from $10 (keeping violent offenders at the $10 x
4 =$40) and keeping the indigency clause (that is, if offenders can show that
they are indigent, the fee is waived), and possibly a bill to limit how close
they can live to schools. There may be others I am not aware of
also.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Personally, I think satelite tracking may be very expensive and it is my
understanding that the court already can require it as a condition of release
for violent offenders. Whether they do or not is another question. I agree
with increasing the registration requirements but I think they should ALL
(viol! ent or not) have to register quarterly and pay $25 each time.
That would be enough to pay for the extra manpower to keep track of them, yet it
would give more up to date information. I don't think there should be an
indigency clause, period. Especially at the current rate of $10 a year,
they can come up with that without the taxpayer having to foot the
bill. I do think it is a good idea to limit the distance a CHILD sex
offender lives to a school or park. Without the limit, it is like
putting me in the middle of a buffet line and telling me I can't eat
anything. It just isn't going to happen! That may be a bad analogy,
but maybe you get my point. -Tom<BR><BR><B><I>Art Deco
<deco@moscow.com></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>! Shirley gives us this information from testimony before
the legislature:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT color=#0000ff>"Sexual
offenders comprise 19% of the prison population.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>There are 33 violent sexual predators
in the state.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Mr. Beauclair
believes a system should be assessment driven, and there <FONT
color=#ff0000>should be a better assessment of those likely to
re-offend</FONT>.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We do not have
an effective treatment program for sexual offende</FONT><FONT
color=#0000ff>rs."</FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>Thank you
Shirley for this information (the entire report). I am not trying to be
a smart-ass but how can you identify </FONT><FONT color=#ff0000 size=3>those
likely <STRONG><FONT color=#000000 size=4>not</FONT></STRONG> to
re-offend<FONT color=#000000 size=4>?</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>Times may have
changed, but in the 1980s when I was involved with many others in northern
Idaho in trying to prevent <STRONG><FONT size=6>child</FONT></STRONG> sexual
abuse and trying to improve the methods by which such abuse was discovered and
prosecuted, the was a 93% recidivism rate. I have followed this problem
with some reading and I am unaware of any progress made in identifying those
unlikely to reoffend once caught and/or convicted.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>Perhaps, Mr.
Beauclair or someone on this list could bring us up-to-date.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>A few years ago
one country, Denmark, did reduce the recidivism rate of male child sexual
abusers to about 3% by mandatory castration. However, with the
advent a few years later of the testosterone patch, such a method lost some of
its effectiveness.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>Child sexual
abuse is a horrible problem in itself, one which experts generally agree is
under-reported, and one which many times leaves lifelong debilitating scars on
its victims' psyches which affects there behavior and ability to enjoy a
healthy sex life among other things. I encourage you to attempt to deal
with thi! s problem in such a way that the actual number of incidents can be
greatly reduced.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
size=4>Respectfully,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4><BR>Art Deco
(Wayne A. Fox)<BR><A
href="mailto:deco@moscow.com">deco@moscow.com</A><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
size=4></FONT> </DIV></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=ringoshirl@moscow.com href="mailto:ringoshirl@moscow.com">Shirley
Ringo</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, January 31, 2006 4:41 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> [Vision2020] News from the Legislature</DIV></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Visionaries:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Today, the Department of Corrections reported to
the Joint Appropriations and Finance Committee. It was an interesting
report. You may be interested in some of the details. (I apologize
for the length.)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p>Mr.
Beauclair joined other agency heads in expressing concern about his
employees.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Low pay is a serious
issue.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN!>That, combined with
stress of the work contributes to the departments losing 30% of employees
each year.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The cost of training a
new officer is $10,000.</DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Accrued overtime for
correction officers in 2005 required comp time of 63,323 hours.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The cost of that comp time is
$1,196,000.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>At $10,000 per
officer for retraining, the cost of losing 275 correctional officers is
$2,750,000.</DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Sexual offenders comprise 19%
of the prison population.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>There
are 33 violent sexual predators in the state.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Mr. Beauclair believes! a system
should be assessment driven, and there should be a better assessment of those
likely to re-offend.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We do not
have an effective treatment program for sexual offenders.</DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p></o:p>The offender
population forecast anticipates an average increase of 5.6% a year over the
next four years.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>That means the
incarcerated offender population will increase almost 400 a year over the next
four years.</DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">The Department has attempted
creative solutions to growth.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>They have triple bunked, used tents, remodeled facilities, added cots,
streamlined and shortened sanctions.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>We cannot stretch the system further without risking intervention.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>By a Federal Court Decision, we have
been required to send inmates out of state.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In part, the decision reads, After
reviewing the record in this case, the Court is convinced the IDOC officials
would prefer to incarcerate inmates within the parameters of the Eights
Amendment standards, but it has continually been denied funding for the
tremendous growth in inmate population.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>The cost of attorney fees related to this decision was $156,000.</DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">The cost of sending inmates
out of state is $53 per inmate, but there are related costs, such as that of
transporting the inmates.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In
addition, out of state cont! ractors take model inmates, who suffer from the
loss of community connection.</DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">52% of <st1:State
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Idaho</st1:place></st1:State> inmates say
methamphetamine was the primary reason for their incarceration.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes">At least 2000 Idaho inmates are mentally
ill. </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Director Beauclair recommends
initiation of the Correctional Alternative Placement Program (CAPP) He
requests $1,504,500 to meet financial needs associated with contracting with a
private provider who will build, own, and operate a community treatment
facility in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State
w:st="on">Idaho</st1:State></st1:place>.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>This would be a 400 bed facility.</DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Emerging issues for the
Department deal with sex offenders (treatment can impact this group), medical
costs (600 inmates have hepatitis C, and there are issues associated with an
aging population), and mental health.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">California</st1:place></st1:State>, the federal government has
assumed a role in health care.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>This could be a costly remedy.</DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></DIV>
<DIV class=Mso! style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" Normal>The Governor's
recommendation for the appropriation is $161,926,100.</DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">There is general agreement
that Tom Beauclair is a great manager working under very difficult
conditions.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><st1:State
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Idaho</st1:place></st1:State> received a
national award for reduced recidivism based on science.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In addition, the number of inmates who
complete the GED is up 8%.</DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> </DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial size=2>Let
me know if you would like more information.</FONT></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Shirley gives us this information from testimony before the
legislature:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT color=#0000ff>"Sexual
offenders comprise 19% of the prison population.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>There are 33 violent sexual predators
in the state.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Mr. ! Beauclair
believes a system should be assessment driven, and there <FONT
color=#ff0000>should be a better assessment of those likely to
re-offend</FONT>.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We do not have
an effective treatment program for sexual offende</FONT><FONT
color=#0000ff>rs."</FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>Thank you
Shirley for this information (the entire report). I am not trying to be
a smart-ass but how can you identufy </FONT><FONT color=#ff0000 size=3>those
likely <STRONG><FONT color=#000000 size=4>not</FONT></STRONG> to
re-offend<FONT color=#000000 size=4>?</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>Times may have
changed, but! in the 1980s when I was involved with many others in trying to
prevent <STRONG><FONT size=6>child</FONT></STRONG> sexual abuse and trying to
improve the methods by which such abuse was discovered and prosecuted, the was
a 93% recidivism rate. I have followed this problem with some reading
and I am unaware of any progress made in identifying those unlikely to
reoffend.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>Perhaps, Mr.
Beauclaire or someone on this list could bring us up-to-date.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>A few years ago
one country, Denmark, did reduce the recidivism rate of male offenders to
about 3% by mandatory castration. Howver, with the advent a few years
later of the testosterone patch, such a method lost some of! its
effectiveness.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4>Child sexual
abuse is a horrible problem in itself, one which experts generally agree is
under-reported, and one which many times leaves lifelong debilitating scars on
its victims' psyches. I encourage you to attempt to deal with this
problem in such a way that the actual number of incidents can be greatly
reduced.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
size=4>Respectfully,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=4><BR>Art Deco
(Wayne A. Fox)<BR><A
href="mailto:deco@moscow.com">deco@moscow.com</A><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
size=4></FONT> </DIV></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=ringoshirl@moscow.com href="mailto:ringoshirl@moscow.com">Shirley
Ringo</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, January 31, 2006 4:41 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> [Vision2020] News from the Legislature</DIV></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Visionaries:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Today, the Department of Corrections reported to
the Joint Appropriations and Finance Committee. It was an interesting
report. You may be interested in some of the details. (I apologize
for the length.)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=! size=2 Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p>Mr.
Beauclair joined other agency heads in expressing concern about his
employees.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Low pay is a serious
issue.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>That, combined with stress
of the work contributes to the departments losing 30% of employees each
year.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The cost of training a new
officer is $10,000.</DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Accrued overtime for
correction officers in 2005 required comp time of 63,323 hours.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The cost of that comp time is
$1,196,000.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>At $10,000 per
officer for retraining, the cost of losing 275 correctional officers is
$2,750,000.</DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Sexual offenders comprise 19%
of the prison population.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>There
are 33 violent sexual predators in the state.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Mr. Beauclair believes a system should
be assessment driven, and there should be a better assessment of those likely
to re-offend.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We do not have an
effective treatment program for sexual offenders.</DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p></o:p>The offender
population forecast anticipates an average increase of 5.6% a year over the
next four years.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>That means the
incarcerated offender population will increase almost 400 a year over the next
four years.</DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">The Department has attempted
creative solutions to growth.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>They have triple bunked, used tents, remodeled facilities, added cots,
streamlined and shortened sanctions.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>We cannot stretch the system further without risking intervention.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>By a Federal Court Decision, we have
been required to send inmates out of state.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In part, the decision reads, After
reviewing the record in this case, the Court is convinced the IDOC officials
would prefer to incarcerate inmates within the parameters of the Eights
Amendment standards, but it has continually been denied funding for the
tremendous growth in inmate population.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>The cost of attorney fees related to this decision was $156,000.</DIV>!
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">The cost of sending inmates
out of state is $53 per inmate, but there are related costs, such as that of
transporting the inmates.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In
addition, out of state contractors take model inmates, who suffer from the
loss of community connection.</DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">52% of <st1:State
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Idaho</st1:place></st1:State> inmates say
methamphetamine was the primary reason for their incarceration.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes">At least 2000 Idaho inmates are mentally
ill. </SPAN></DIV>!
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Director Beauclair recommends
initiation of the Correctional Alternative Placement Program (CAPP) He
requests $1,504,500 to meet financial needs associated with contracting with a
private provider who will build, own, and operate a community treatment
facility in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State
w:st="on">Idaho</st1:State></st1:place>.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>This would be a 400 bed facility.</DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Emerging issues for the
Department deal with sex offenders (treatment can impact this group), medical
costs (600 inmates have hepatitis C, and there are issues associated with an
aging population), and mental health.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">California</st1:place></st1:State>, the federal government has
assumed a role in health care.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>This could be a costly remedy.</DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">The Governor's recommendation
for the appropriation is $161,926,100.</DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">There is general agreement
that Tom Beauclair is a great manager working under very difficult
conditions.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><st1:State
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Idaho</st1:place></st1:State> received a
national award for reduced recidivism based on science.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In addition, the number of inmates who
complete the GED is up 8%.</DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> </DIV>
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