How does a Halfway House (community corrections facility) work?
• A convicted person is referred to a halfway house as part of his/her sentence or a condition of parole or probation. • Staff at the house utilize an assessment process to establish the need of the client and the level of containment required to enhance public safety. CMI believes program elements in community corrections should be based on accurate and thorough assessment of the clients’ risk, needs, and pre-disposition toward change. • An individualized program plan is established for each client to remediate elements that might make the client at risk to commit future crimes. The individualized programs promote the clients ability to become a functioning member of society. These plans: Promote commitment to change Target the pressures and areas that have led to criminal behavior, are associated with recidivism, and which can be changed in the client’s life Match the clients learning ability Include elements that provide short-term social control measures (supervision and monitoring
