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 Virginia has established programs within the institutions as well as the communities in order to address prisoner reentry. These include:

  • Anger Management
  • Productive Citizenship
  • Substance Abuse Psycho-Education
  • Cognitive Restructuring
  • Substance Abuse Therapeutic Communities
  • Sex Offender Residential Treatment (SORT)
  • Education and Vocational Services
  • Cognitive Communities
  • Agribusiness Work Opportunities
  • Jail Contract Work Release Beds
  • Offender Jail Based Reentry Programs
  • Virginia Serious and Violent Offender Reentry Initiative (VASAVOR)
  • Cognitive Community Pre-Release Programs
  • DSS Pilot Reentry Transition Services
  • Residential Transition Therapeutic Communities
  • Day Reporting Centers
  • Community Residential Programs

For more information on these programs, please contact the Virginia Department of Corrections at (804) 674-3000.

Things you should know about Prisoner Reentry in Virginia
 

Current state responsible (SR) inmate population (sentenced to DOC) = 38,485 (end of October 2007)

Current local responsible (LR) inmate population (awaiting trial or sentenced to jail) = 21,241 (Jails are also holding 1,953 federal inmates and 5,720 SR inmates for a total of 28,914 inmates in jails)

Number on state probation and parole supervision = 58,498 (period of Nov. 1, 2007 through Nov. 30, 2007)

Average duration of probation in FY2007 = 25.2 months

Average duration of parole in FY2007 = 32.6 months

Average duration mixed parole/probation in FY2007 = 66.8 months

State inmate population projected to grow 2.8% per year, on average, over next 6 years

Local inmate population projected to grow 4.8% per year, on average, over next 6 years

Over 13,000 new prison commitments this year

Over 42% of those committed had been in prison before.

46.9% of those committed to the DOC in FY2006 were probation violators; of those 9.5% were for technical violations of probation (failing to follow supervision rules, but no new criminal charge)

From 1997– 2006 violent crime rate in Virginia dropped 18% and decreased by 1.4% from 2005 to 2006

Property Crime index dropped 29.6% during same period and by 6.9% from 2006 to 2006

State inmate population grew 24.3% from 2001 to 2006


 
  
Inmate Demographics (CY2006):
 

Females make up 7.7% of state inmate population (up from 6.2% in 1998)

35.5% of inmates are Caucasian; 62.5% are African-American; 1.6% are Hispanic

Average age at release last year was 35.8 years

Average age at commitment was 33.4 years

Average age for Confined/Stock is 36.4 years

The Average Length of Stay has increased from 38 to 40.2 months from 1999 to 2006
  • 49% of those released were serving time for a non-violent offense
  • 22.7% were serving time for a drug offense
  • 28.3% were serving time for a violent offense

56% entered prison without a high school diploma or GED

22.4% had no history of employment (13.6% in 2004)

Almost 60% had never been married

67.4% had some history of substance abuse

15% had some form of mental illness requiring treatment

20.4% of inmates in DOC facilities had been diagnosed with a chronic or communicable disease (October 2007)

While incarcerated:
  • 36.2% of new commitments participated in educational programming (GED and vocational)
  • 92% of the inmate population eligible for job assignments is employed (this excludes segregation, reception, mental health and medical beds)
  • 37% of the inmates with a history of substance abuse receive intensive treatment in evidence based programs that reduce recidivism

Communities to which released inmates returned:
  • 7.1% returned to Norfolk
  • 4.7% returned to Newport News
  • 4.4% returned to Virginia Beach
  • 4.2% returned to Portsmouth
  • 4.1% returned to Richmond
  • 4.0% returned to Fredericksburg

Compiled by VA DOC, Research, Evaluation & Forecast Unit 12/11/07


 
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