Missoula Correctional Services

THE MISSION OF MISSOULA CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, INC. IS TO PROVIDE RESIDENTIAL AND NON-RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY-BASED CORRECTIONAL PROGRAMS THAT ENHANCE PUBLIC SAFETY BY PROVIDING GUIDANCE, TREATMENT, AND SUPERVISION IN ORDER TO PROMOTE ACCOUNTABILITY AND RESPONSIBILITY OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE BECOME INVOLVED IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.

PRE-RELEASE CENTERTHE MISSION OF THE MISSOULA PRE-RELEASE CENTER IS TO PROVIDE A STRUCTURED COMMUNITY BASED RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM FOR ADULT OFFENDERS THAT HOLDS AN OFFENDER ACCOUNTABLE WHILE PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES TO THE OFFENDER TO BECOME PRODUCTIVE AND LAW ABIDING.THE PRE-RELEASE CENTER IS A RESIDENTIAL TRANSITIONAL FACILITY FOR ADULT MALE AND FEMALE INMATES. DUE TO THE COCID-19 PANDEMIC ISSUES THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT DECLINE IN THE NUMBER OF MALE AND FEMALE INMATES BEING SERVED DURING THE FISCAL YEAR. MALE POPULATION WAS DOWN 40% AND THE FEMALE POPULATION WAS DOWN 46%.

PRETRIAL SUPERVISION PROGRAMTHE MISSION OF THE PRETRIAL SUPERVISION PROGRAM IS TO PROVIDE INFORMATION TO THE COURTS THAT ASSIST THE COURTS IN MAKING THE DECISION FOR THE CONTINUED RELEASE OF A DEFENDANT BY MONITORING THOSE DEFENDANTS FOR COMPLIANCE TO THEIR CONDITIONS OF RELEASE.THE PRETRIAL SUPERVISION PROGRAM IS A NONRESIDENTIAL PROGRAM DESIGNED TO SUPERVISE COURT ORDERED DEFENDANTS WHO WOULD OTHERWISE BE HELD IN JAIL DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF BOND ORDERED BY THE COURT. IF THE COURT CHOOSES TO RELEASE THE DEFENDANT, THE OFFICER SUPERVISES THE DEFENDANT.THERE WERE 337 DIRECT PLACEMENT OF DEFENDANTS FROM THE COURTS DURING THE 2020-2021 FISCAL YEAR.MOST DEFENDANTS HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH MORE THAN ONE OFFENSE. FOR THE SAKE OF DATA COLLECTION, MCS REPORTS WHAT WE CONSIDER TO BE THE PRIMARY OFFENSE. THE TOP FOUR OFFENSES WERE - ASSAULT/ASSAULT WITH A WEAPON 16.3%, CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF DANGEROUS DRUGS 16.6%, DUI 4TH OR SUBSEQUENT 6.5% & STRANGULATION 11.9%.THE AVERAGE DAILY POPULATION OF CLIENTS IN THE PROGRAM WAS 208.57. THERE WERE 294 PRETRIAL CLIENTS WHO WERE RELEASED FROM THE PROGRAM DURING THE FISCAL YEAR. 176 CLIENTS COMPLETED THEIR PERIOD OF SUPERVISION ON PRETRIAL SUCCESSFULLY, 67 RELEASES WERE REVOKED BY THE COURT AND 51 DEFENDANTS, THOUGH INITIALLY REFERRED, WERE NEVER RECEIVED BY MCS FOR SUPERVISION.THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF DAYS IN THE PROGRAM FOR DEFENDANTS THAT WERE RELEASED DURING THE FISCAL YEAR WAS 305.23 DAYS.THE TOP 3 VIOLATIONS COMMITTED BY DEFENDANTS DURING THEIR PERIOD OF SUPERVISION WERE - 1. USAGE OR POSSESSION OF INTOXICANTS OR ILLEGAL DRUGS. 2. LAWS AND CONDUCT 3. FAILURE TO REPORT.

SOBRIETY & ACCOUNTABILITY PROGRAMTHE MISSION OF THE SOBRIETY AND ACCOUNTABILITY PROGRAM (SAP) IS TO MONITOR THE SOBRIETY OF INDIVIDUALS ORDERED BY THE COURT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM BECAUSE THERE IS AN INDICATION THAT THEIR USE OF ALCOHOL AND/OR ILLEGAL SUBSTANCES PLAYED A FACTOR IN THEIR INTERACTION WITH THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.SAP PROVIDES TWICE DAILY BREATH TESTS TO THOSE DEFENDANTS OR OFFENDERS ORDERED TO THE PROGRAM; RANDOM TESTING TO THOSE PARTICIPANTS ORDERED FOR SUCH, USE OF ALCOHOL MONITORING DEVICES FOR PARTICIPANTS WHO ARE UNABLE, FOR VERIFIED REASONS, TO BE PRESENT FOR TWICE PER DAY TESTING; COLLECTION AND TESTING OF URINE SAMPLES FOR PARTICIPANTS WHOSE BEHAVIOR INDICATES THERE IS A PROBLEM OR WHO HAVE A POSITIVE BREATH TEST; COLLECTION AND TESTING OF URINE SAMPLES ORDERED BY THE COURT.