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The Michigan Department of Corrections Special Alternative Incarceration Program First Year Process Evaluation: An Independent Review of Program Improvements
The Michigan Department of Corrections Special Alternative Incarceration Program First Year Process Evaluation: An Independent Review of Program Improvements
Publication year:
2009
| Cataloged on:
Mar. 23, 2012
ANNOTATION: The effectiveness of Michigan’s Special Alternative to Incarceration (SAI) program is assessed. The results from this evaluation should interest other agencies looking to modify aging or inefficient boot camp programs. SAI “was modified significantly in 2008 to become an integral part of the Michigan Prisoner ReEntry Initiative. As such it should no longer be characterized as a traditional boot camp program but an intensive prison diversion and/or release program” (p. 2). Sections contained in this report are: key points; executive summary; recommendations; introduction; history of correctional boot camp programs; description of the SAI program; evaluation methodology and design; results for screening and admissions attributes, services and interventions program outcomes, participant interviews, organizational impact of modified program, and up-dated cost benefit assessment; and conclusions and recommendations. SAI is very effective in cutting costs while ensuring public safety.
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