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Bernard Warner, Secretary

Department of Corrections


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The Department is responsible for theincarceration of about 18,000 offenders.

16,000 male offenders in ten facilities

1,300 female offenders in two facilities

700 offenders in sixteen work release facilities

There are an additional 469 community supervisionviolators in local jails

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High risk to reoffend: 66%

More gang-affiliated: 23%

Increasing mentally ill population (includesoffenders with traumatic brain injuries): 36% Nearly 50 percent of female offenders have a mental

illness.

Increasing number of female offenders: 8%

Developmentally disabled: 9%

Over 55: 9% Offenders over the age of 55 increased 132% since 2000

and will grow by an additional 45% by 2023.

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The average cost to incarcerate an offender hasdecreased by 11% since 2009.

The average daily cost for an offender in 2012 was$92 per day.

Despite closing older, less efficient capacity, DOCstill operates facilities that are over 100 years old. The average daily cost at Monroe Corrections Center

(opened in 1913) is $123 per day; Coyote Ridge

Corrections Center in Connell (opened in 2009) is $65 perday.

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DOC has opened, closed, re-opened, realigned, and/or

repurposed 32 different units in eight different prisonssince 2008.

Prison population has increased from 6,040 in 1990 to17,558 in 2013.

26 major sentencing changes have occurred.

15 have been passed in the past decade.

Male offenders have spent 8,400 nights on the floor in thelast nine months; female offenders are at 3,200 nights.

Due in part to increasing compaction, violent infractionrates in prisons have increased by 34% since the end of2011, despite the number of offenders convicted of aviolent crime dropping by three percent since 2010.

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In 2011, Washington ranked 41st in the nation forimprisonment rate for prison sentences. In that year, Washingtons rate of imprisonment was 259

per 100,000 residents.

Nationally, the imprisonment rate is 430 offenders per

100,000 residents.

Though the average length of stay for an offenderin Washington State is 21% less than the nationalaverage, it has increased by 27% in the past 20

years.

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Determinate sentencing allows for accurateforecasting of costs to better inform law-making. Major overhaul for drug sentencing.

Growth of Sentencing Alternatives. Four different sentencing alternatives. 3,300 alternative sentences issued by courts in 2013.

Offender deportation. 310 offenders deported since 2010.

Significant decrease in revocations from thecommunity back to prisons.

The expansion of evidence-based programming (EBP).

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The bed needs model shows a total need of 1,200beds by 2021, at medium security DOC will beshort by over 1,300 beds.

DOC is running near historical lows in intensive

management with nearly 70 beds currently vacant. DOC is housing over 200 medium offenders in

close custody which is both inefficient and costly. All close beds are currently full.

Between 20-30 female offenders have been on thefloor consistently all summer. Female population is up 7% since last summer.

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The prison offender forecast utilizes evidence-based program participation to lower growth.

The majority of state prisons were not built withprogramming space.

Crowded facilities limit the amount of spaceavailable for offender programming. Continuous modifications made to prison capacity results

in frequent interruptions for offender programming.

There are limits to the ratio of offenders for programming.

This creates more idleness and contributes tosafety issues.

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2ESSB 5892 Modify the drug sentencing gridresulting in a shift for some offenders from prisonconfinement to jail. The estimated Prison Average Daily Population (ADP)

savings equate to a reduction of 92 in fiscal year 2014 and

126 in fiscal year 2015 and thereafter.

2ESSB 5892 Changed the calculation forpresentence jail confinement for offenderssentenced to prison. Estimated ADP savings are a reduction of 51 beds per

year.

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Expanded Capacity for Residential Drug OffenderSentencing Alternative (DOSA):

This court-ordered alternative diverts non-violent, non-sex offenders from prison to a community based

treatment program.

Estimated prison ADP savings were estimated at areduction 272 beds by the end of fiscal year 2014 byincreasing the capacity of the community DOSA beds to220.

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Jail Bed Contracting RFP Budget Proviso The Request for Proposals was issued on September 1,

2013.

DOC is currently reviewing the county proposals and will be

touring applicable facilities shortly.

Jail Bed Contracting Less than 120 days onsentence DOC is working on master contract language that could be

used with the counties.

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Modify Sentencing Policies The Justice Reinvestment Initiative (JRI) is a collaborative

non-partisan stakeholder process.

Early release options

Sentencing changes applied retroactively wouldallow for some early releases

Increase investments in infrastructure for evidence-based programming (EBP) to reduce recidivism e.g.

long-term prison capacity need

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Contract with counties for the use of vacant jailspace for the long term.

Expanded Work Release.

Increase the use of vacant intensive managementbeds.

Transfer offenders to out-of-state prisons. Out-of-state results in poor outcomes for offenders and

their families. Sends jobs out of state.

Increased crowding floor sleepers. Challenging for staff and the offenders.

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Washington Corrections Center for Women(WCCW) Pre-design funding ($300,000) to begin the process to

build a 96 bed medium custody unit at WCCW.

The current facility has an extremely tight footprint with nowhere to expand.

Proposal involves demolishing a vacant, unsuitable buildingand constructing new capacity in its place.

As with the men, the primary challenge is at Mediumcustody.

Nationally, smaller units are recognized as more suitablefor female offenders.

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Maple Lane Pre-design funding ($1.5 million this fiscal year) to begin

the process to build 768 medium beds and renovate 224existing beds at Maple Lane for male offenders.

Provides capacity, with appropriate programming space, forspecial needs populations.

Mitigates hiring challenges with health services staff andsupports successful reentry because of its location.

Holds valuable footprint for future expansion shouldsentencing reform not occur or not go far enough.

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Centralized Pharmacy Proposed site location at Maple Lane.

Insufficient capital budget funds to open

locations in Eastern and Western Washington. A larger number of pharmacies in Western

Washington

A Western Washington location creates more

efficiencies for the department and the state

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