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Partnership and Action

Ccor Staff

Adult community corrections is a state (KDOC) and local partnership which promotes public safety by:

  • Providing highly structured community supervision to felony offenders.
  • Holding offenders accountable to their victims and to the community.
  • Improving offenders’ ability to live productively and lawfully.

Juvenile community corrections is a state (JJA) and local partnership which:

  • Promotes public safety.
  • Holds juvenile offenders accountable for their behavior.
  • Improves the ability of youth to live productively and responsibly in their communities.

History and Purpose

The Community Corrections Act was passed in 1978. Shawnee County was among the first counties to join in the Act and begin programming. Initially there were nine counties. In 1989 the Act was mandated for all counties. Juvenile services were included in 1994. The Juvenile Justice Reform Act of 1996 and amended in 1997 transferred juvenile offender services from KDOC and SRS to the JJA.

An original purpose of community corrections’ programs was the diversion of prison-bound offenders from institutions to community-based intermediate sanction programs. With the changes brought on by sentencing guidelines, offenders are formally sentenced to probation pursuant to the guidelines’ computation of sentence. Currently, the Department of Community Corrections supervises chronic or violent offenders who remain in the community. Effective community-based programming involves intensive supervision with solution-focused case management services that assist the offender to become a productive member of society.

Initially, Shawnee County Community Corrections was one of three units within the Shawnee County Department of Corrections. The Department of Corrections included the Jail, Juvenile Detention Center and Community Corrections. In 2000, Community Corrections became a separate department of Shawnee County.

Goals

Public Safety
Maintain manageable caseloads allowing staff to closely supervise offenders in the community.
Enforce Court-Ordered Sanctions
Develop supervision plans that meet the requirements of the court and provide structure, which will improve the offender’s ability to successfully complete the terms of probation.
Restore Crime Victims
Oversee payment of restitution, court costs and community service work.
Assist Offender to Change
Monitor the offender’s participation in services provided by community corrections or community resources on alcohol and drug treatment, job search and maintenance skills, literacy enhancement and life skills.