NCJ Number
144096
Date Published
1993
Length
16 pages
Annotation
This paper describes the components and operational procedures of Louisiana's IMPACT (Intensive Motivational Program of Alternative Correctional Treatment) Program for youthful first and second offenders.
Abstract
IMPACT is a two-part program that consists of a period of 90 to 180 days of highly regimented, tightly structured incarceration followed by at least 6 months of intensive parole supervision. The goals of IMPACT are to provide a suitable alternative to long-term incarceration for primarily youthful first and second offenders, to reduce the department's financial cost without undue risk to public safety, and to equip inmate participants with the life skills necessary to success both inside and outside of prison. Based on these goals, IMPACT is organized and operated to help offenders develop self-confidence, self- respect, a sense of personal responsibility, and respect for others' attitudes and value systems. Administrators measure overall program success by the dollars saved as a result of shortened periods of incarceration; by the number of offenders who complete institutional IMPACT, are paroled, and are not returned to prison either through revocation or a new conviction; and by the relative seriousness of the violation for which offenders are returned. This paper presents IMPACT's admission standards, the process of recommendation for IMPACT, institutional components of IMPACT, the IMPACT parole process, and IMPACT parole supervision. Appended mission statement of the Elayn Hunt Correctional Center, an adult male multi-security level institution that is also the intake point for adult male offenders committed to the Department of Public Safety and Corrections