Code of Vermont Rules › Agency 13 - AGENCY OF HUMAN SERVICES › Sub-Agency 130 - DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS › Chapter 027 - CORRECTIONAL FIELD STAFF CASELOAD CAPACITY › Section 13 130 027 - CORRECTIONAL FIELD STAFF CASELOAD CAPACITY

Current through June, 2024
Section 1 Authority
3 V.S.A. §
											801 et seq. Act 63 § 22 of the 2005
				  Legislative session (S.156).
Section
				2 Purpose
The purpose of this proposed rule is to meet Vermont
				  statutory requirements that the Department of Corrections establish 1)
				  guidelines under which it will determine whether it has sufficient trained
				  correctional staff to manage size of caseloads which include offenders
				  reintegrating from its correctional facilities, 2) the actions it will take to
				  manage caseload size and 3) the process it will use to request additional staff
				  resources.
Section 3
				Definitions
Conditional Re-entry: A furlough by which a sentenced
				  offender is released to the community under supervision at or beyond their
				  minimum release date.
Furlough: An extension of the limits of confinement of an
				  inmate to locations outside a correctional facility.
Reintegration Furlough: A furlough by which a sentenced
				  offender is released to the community under supervision prior to their minimum
				  release date.
Response Supervision Caseload: A caseload of persons on
				  probation and parole, that, because of lower severity of offense and,
				  generally, lower risk to re-offend, requires limited supervision services. Such
				  caseloads may include offenders transitioning from Risk Management supervision
				  caseloads.
Risk Management Caseload: A caseload of persons on probation,
				  parole, Supervised Community Sentence and furlough that, because of severity of
				  offense and risk to re-offend, requires higher supervision and case management
				  services in smaller caseloads.
Supervised Community Sentence (SCS): A court-imposed sentence
				  of incarceration to be served in a community setting subject to the rules of
				  the Commissioner of the Department of Corrections. These offenders are under
				  the jurisdiction of the Parole Board.
Section 4 Review and Documentation of
				Caseload Capacities
a. The Department will
				define and document, in writing, its management practices and processes to
				ensure that there are sufficient trained correctional field staff to support
				the successful reintegration of offenders from its correctional
				facilities.
b. The Department will
				reassess the appropriateness of its written documentation as defined in section
				4 (a.)
				above, at least every year. This reassessment will take into account changes in
				best practice, legislation and technological advances.
c. In order to ensure that caseload
				capacities allow for the support of successful reintegration of incarcerated
				offenders, the Department will institute procedures which address the
				following:
. Ongoing review of local caseload capacities in order to
				  support adequate supervision of these offenders
. Assurances that caseloads are of such a number and kind as
				  to allow for adequate supervision of these offenders
. Case management practices that support the efficient
				  termination, discharge or transfer to a more appropriate level of supervision
				  of probation cases in order to allow for adequate supervision of offenders
				  re-entering the community.