Sheriffs and jail administrators are burdened today with crowded jails that are impacting staffing, scarce budgets, and institutional safety, as well as community safety. For counties struggling with jail overcrowding and considering new jail construction, BI Incorporated offers a smart alternative to detention and a flexible jail population management solution—a BI Day Reporting Center (DRC).

A DRC is a one-stop community center for supervision and treatment. Offenders must appear in person (report) at the DRC every day or several days a week, depending on the level of supervision required.

• Supervision services include alcohol and drug testing, electronic monitoring, and case management.
• Treatment services are evidence-based, cognitive-behavioral programs.
• DRCs have proven to reduce jail overcrowding, lower recidivism, and save taxpayer dollars.

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DRCs deliver targeted and cost-effective supervision and treatment in a community-based setting. They provide a highly structured environment for offenders at risk for repeating their criminal behavior. DRCs reduce reliance on jail beds by addressing the short- and long-term causes of recidivism.

• Supervision helps control the immediate risk of criminal behavior by monitoring daily activity.
• Treatment helps reduce the long-term risk of criminal behavior by impacting criminal thinking, substance abuse, unemployment, etc.

DRCs give corrections officials (Judges, Probation Officers, and Sheriffs) an alternative to expensive jail beds by providing a highly structured and accountable program in the community.

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The main focus of any criminal justice intervention (jails, prisons, probation, parole, or offender treatment services) is the enhancement of public safety. The core responsibility of the DRC—as an offender supervision and treatment program—is the protection of the public through strict supervision, accountable treatment and immediate reporting of offender misconduct. There are two main ways of managing criminal behavior: risk control and risk reduction. “Risk” refers to the likelihood of re-offending.

• Risk control (e.g., confinement, drug testing, electronic monitoring, etc.) involves immediate methods used to increase public safety, which is our first priority.
• Risk reduction is the process of lowering the probability that an individual will re-offend when released to the community.

Our researched-based DRC program combines intensive supervision (for risk control) with cognitive-behavioral treatment (for risk reduction) to significantly decrease the likelihood of inmates re-offending once they are released back to the community.

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