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.
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
