NCJ Number
153314
Date Published
1995
Length
58 pages
Annotation
This document provides program guidelines and application information for fiscal year 1995 Corrections Boot Camp Initiative awards to be administered by the Corrections Program Office, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice.
Abstract
The Correctional Boot Camp Initiative implements the discretionary grant component of the Violent Offender Incarceration Grant Program authorized by Section 20101 of Subtitle A, Title II of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994. The program recognizes that States and local jurisdictions have experienced substantial increases in jail, prison, and juvenile confinement populations in recent years, resulting in escalating costs and serious difficulties in managing over-capacity corrections populations. In particular, the program emphasizes the need to make available conventional jail, prison, and juvenile corrections space for the confinement of violent offenders and to ensure that violent offenders remain incarcerated for substantial periods of time through the implementation of truth in sentencing laws. By statute the program funding in fiscal year 1995 is limited to the development, construction, and expansion of adult or juvenile corrections boot camp facilities for nonviolent offenders, which will free conventional prison, jail, and juvenile corrections space for the confinement of violent offenders. The boot camp initiative offers a range of options for jurisdictions interested in a boot camp program, from planning grants to new construction. This document contains information on boot camp program requirements, State/local partnerships, boot camp program guidelines, juvenile boot camps, and permissible uses for funds/local match. Information also addresses the award period/award amounts, selection criteria, and application and administrative requirements. Appended statutory assurance, technical assistance, research findings on the effectiveness of boot camps, program evaluation, references, sample application form, and application instructions