BI Cognitive Behavioral Programs for Parolee Reentry
Parole agencies are under tremendous pressure today to manage more prisoners returning to parole in local communities. By referring high-risk parolees-those offenders most likely to commit a violation or crime-to a BI Parolee Reentry Program, agencies can conserve resources, lower costs, change criminal thinking, and improve public safety.
Evidence-based practice gets results, reduces recidivism
BI Parolee Reentry Programs are located in neighborhoods where many high-risk parolees return after long periods incarcerated. These BI programs get results through evidence-based practice centered on corrections research, including daily reporting, intensive case management, cognitive behavioral treatment and connecting clients to long-term community resources. Typical clients include:
- Prison inmates being released who have a history of drug and alcohol problems
- Individuals assessed with high risk and needs
- Technical parole violators
Benefits to agencies
- Clients in these programs cost the state a fraction of incarceration
- These programs can be rapidly implemented in 60 to 90 days
- Reduces prison overcrowding by getting repeat offenders out of the system
- Targets chronic criminal behavior and thinking
- Allows states to postpone or avoid new prison bed construction
- Outsourcing to BI allows states to avoid staffing liabilities
- Centers become positive hubs of activity for parolees
- Supports busy parole officers by managing problematic offenders
For the last 15 years, BI Incorporated has delivered community-based cognitive behavioral programs for state and local agencies. At these programs, BI assesses client risk and needs, develops a behavior change plan, and delivers treatment and training in areas such as substance abuse, life skills, employment readiness, anger management, domestic violence, parenting and more.
