Adaptations to COVID-19 in Community Corrections Agencies across the United States

Jill Viglione, Lucas M. Alward, Ashley Lockwood, Sara Bryson

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Abstract

Currently, there are more than 4.3 million Americans are under some form of community supervision. Much of the experience of traditional community supervision relies on face-to-face interactions. Individuals on supervision often require treatment or services typically delivered in face-to-face settings. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has forced community corrections’ agencies to quickly rethink how they do business, with limited existing research on how to adapt supervision protocols in the midst of a global pandemic. Using surveys of directors of community corrections’ agencies across the United States, the goal of the current study was to examine how community corrections’ agencies have adapted traditional supervision processes to address disease prevention and containment in addition to supporting client needs and community safety as a result of COVID-19. Changes implemented during the pandemic may have implications for the future landscape of community supervision. Understanding how and what agencies prioritize in a time of global crisis can provide a foundation for identifying sustainable changes as well as understanding future impacts on system and client-level outcomes.
Original languageAmerican English
JournalVictims & Offenders
Volume15
Issue number7-8
DOIs
StatePublished - 21 Oct 2020
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • COVID-19
  • alternatives to incarceration
  • community corrections
  • early release mechanisms
  • pandemic
  • parole
  • prison reform
  • probation

EGS Disciplines

  • Criminology and Criminal Justice

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