Breakout Session 1: Profession-Specific Discussion Groups Community Corrections Discussion Questions 1. What information is used to in determine unit and/or caseload assignments? Is there additional information you would want to inform these decisions?
2. What information is shared from the jails, prisons, and treatment providers? Are there opportunities to improve information sharing?
3. What do you wish judges knew about community supervision? Are the conditions useful? Are there opportunities to improve communication on conditions and what is and not going well?
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4. Are the supervision plans for people with mental illness different for people without mental illness? What additional resources would you want to more effectively supervise people with mental illness?
5. Are violations approached differently with people with mental illness? Do you use innovative approaches to handling violations?
6. How are linkages to services made? Is it centralized or decentralized process? What are the opportunities and challenges with the current referral system? How do you determine whether the services that are being provided are meeting offender needs?
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7. What are the service gaps in your jurisdiction and how have you tried to address them?
8. How do you transition people off supervision and back into the community? Is there anything you would do to improve that process?
9. What advice have you received that you really appreciate or what do you wish you had known and want others to know? What resources/people have you found helpful?
10. What questions do you have/what do you want to learn more about relevant to your role?
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