213 Court Street Suite 606 Middletown, CT 06457 p.860.704.6400 f.860.7046420           Staffing and Organizational Analysis >>>   Master Planning, Programming and Facility Needs Assessment >>>   Management and Operational Studies >>>   MIS Development Assistance >>>   Master Planning, Programming and Facility Needs Assessment   Population Analysis for State Departments of Corrections, U.S. Department of Justice, Corrections Program Office, 2000 – 2001: Under a cooperative agreement with the Corrections Program Office, CJI provided technical assistance to State and County correctional agencies in a variety of areas under the Violent Offender Incarceration/Truth in Sentencing grant program. Recently, the West Virginia Legislature’s Committee on the Judiciary requested assistance surrounding the issue of studying and recommending legislation on the creation of a sentencing commission. The Sentencing Commission wanted to look at criminal penalties to see if they were appropriate for the offense committed and investigate the range of alternative or community sentencing strategies available in the state to determine whether additional alternative sentencing options were warranted. The provided information also revealed “the gaping holes of fundamental correctional data in West Virginia.” CJI identified the problems and provided a consultant who was able to assess their systems and write software that pulled data from the state jail systems database and the DOC’s database. CJI was also able to advise the State on what hardware and software they would need to implement a system thought would provide them regularly available data on their population. Needs Assessments for Tribal Jail Facilities, U.S. Department of Justice, Corrections Program Office, 2000 – 2001: Under a cooperative agreement with the Corrections Program Office, CJI designed and implemented technical assistance to Native Americans and Alaska Natives under the Correctional Facilities on Tribal Lands Grant Program. Through this agreement, CJI administered the assistance activities to the nineteen tribes building tribal jails with federal funds. CJI designed a service delivery strategy, convened a pool of expert consultants, and designed tribe specific work plans to conduct comprehensive needs assessments to assist the tribes in preparing grant applications for facility construction funding. CJI provided ongoing oversight of those projects including the development of RFP’s for architectural design and for construction, reviewing architectural plans, correctional programming, policy and procedure development, staffing analysis, and transition services. In addition, CJI coordinated closely with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, which has oversight responsibility for these facilities and funds the operational aspects of the facilities once completed. Massachusetts Department of Corrections – Facility Needs Assessment and Renovation Plan for MCI Norfolk (1985): CJI assessed the operational physical capacity of the housing units and support facilities at this 800-bed medium security facility and made recommendations for improving the physical setting and operational conditions. New York State Department of Correctional Services – Facility Needs Assessment and Renovation Plan for Sing-Sing (1982): Working with HOK, we developed a plan for renovating the cell-blocks, program areas, and support buildings, based on operational and physical plant standards developed interactively with DOC officials.