public https://www.doc.ks.gov These are the search results for the query, showing results 119 to 133. Sex Offender Housing Restrictions https://www.doc.ks.gov/publications/CFS/sex-offender-housing-restrictions Twenty Findings of Research on Residential Restrictions for Sex Offenders and the Iowa Experience with Similar Policies
  • Housing restrictions appear to be based largely on three myths that are repeatedly propagated by the media: 1) all sex offenders reoffend; 2) treatment does not work; and 3) the concept of “stranger danger.” Research does not support these myths, but there is research to suggest that such policies may ultimately be counterproductive. Sex offender residence restrictions. A Report to the Florida Legislature, October 2005, Jill S. Levinson, Ph.D.
  • Research shows that there is no correlation between residency restrictions and reducing sex offenses against children or improving the safety of children. Iowa County Attorneys Association
  • The resulting damage to the reliability of the sex offender registry does not serve the interests of public safety. Iowa County Attorneys Association
  • There is no demonstrated protective effect of the residency requirement that justifies the huge draining of scarce law enforcement resources in the effort to enforce the restriction. Iowa County Attorneys Association
  • Many prosecutors have observed that the numerous negative consequences of the lifetime residency restriction has caused a reduction in the number of confessions made by offenders in cases where defendants usually confess after disclosure of the offense by the child. In addition, there are more refusals by defendants charged with sex offenses to enter plea agreements. Plea agreements are necessary in many cases involving child victims in order to protect the children from trauma of the trial process. Iowa County Attorneys Association
  • Recommendation 1: Shared Living Arrangements appear to be a frequently successful mode of containment and treatment for higher risk sex offenders and should be considered a viable living situation for higher risk sex offenders in the community…. Recommendation 2: Placing restrictions on the location of correctionally supervised sex offender residences may not deter the sex offender from re-offending and should not be considered as a method to control sexual offending recidivism. Report on Safety Issues Raised by Living Arrangements for and Location of Sex Offenders in the Community; Colorado Department of Public Safety, Division of Criminal justice, Sex Offender Management Board
  • ....the number of sex offenders who are unaccounted for has doubled since the law went into effect. Iowa Coalition Against Sexual Assault
  • There is no accommodation in the current statute for persons on parole or probation supervision. These offenders are already monitored and their living arrangements approved. Iowa County Attorneys Association
  •  [This policy] is contrary to well-established principles of treatment and rehabilitation of sex offenders….These goals are severely impaired by the residency restriction, compromising the safety of children by obstructing the use of the best known corrections practice. Iowa County Attorneys Association
  • The sex offender residency restriction was a very well intentioned effort to keep the children of our communities safe from sex offenders. It has, however, had unintended consequences that effectively decrease community safety. Iowa Coalition Against Sexual Assault
  • ….some offenders are attempting to comply by providing descriptions of where they are actually living….”under the 7th street bridge,” “truck near river,” “rest area mile marker 149,” “Flying J, in truck,” “in tent, S side of I-80,” “RV in old K-Mart parking lot,” “I-35 rest area,”….Two listed Quick Trips…. For the first time, sex offender treatment providers tell us, sex offenders are absconding in larger numbers. Iowa Coalition Against Sexual Assault
  • When a brutal sexually violent crime occurs, such as the one that occurred in Iowa last year, our societal tendency is to focus all our resources and energy on stopping offenders. The long-term solutions to eradicating sexual violence from our society, however, do not lie in measures taken to stop re-offense, but rather in preventing sexual violence from happening in the first place. Iowa Coalition Against Sexual Assault
  • … the Board of the Iowa Coalition Against Sexual Assault joined the Iowa County Attorneys Association in stating that these unintended consequences warrant replacing the residency restriction with more effective measures. Iowa Coalition Against Sexual Assault
  • Housing restrictions have passed in most localities with little resistance. Child safety is rightly the primary concern when sex offender restrictions are imposed. It seems to make sense that decreasing access to potential victims would be a feasible strategy to preventing sex crimes. There is no evidence, however, that such laws are effective in reducing recidivistic sexual violence. On the other hand, such laws aggravate the scarcity of housing options for sex offenders, forcing them out of metropolitan areas and farther away from the social support, employment opportunities and social services that are known to aid offenders in successful community re-entry. Sex offender residence restrictions. A Report to the Florida Legislature, October 2005, Jill S. Levinson, Ph.D.
  • Despite overwhelming public and political support, there is no evidence that proximity to schools increases recidivism, or, conversely, that housing restrictions reduce reoffending or increase community safety. Sex offender residence restrictions. A Report to the Florida Legislature, October 2005, Jill S. Levinson, Ph.D.
  • Based on the examination of level three re-offenders, there were no examples that residential proximity to a park or school was a contributing factor in any of the sexual re-offenses noted… Enhanced safety due to proximity restrictions may be a comfort factor for the general public, but it does not have any basis in fact…it appears that a sex offender attracted to such locations for purposes of committing a crime is more likely to travel to another neighborhood on order to in secret rather than in a neighborhood where his or her picture is well known. Level Three Sex Offenders Residential Placement Issues, 2003 Report to the Legislature, Minnesota Department of Corrections
  • Having such restrictions in the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul would likely force level three offenders to move to more rural areas that would not contain nearby schools and parks but would pose other problems, such as high concentration of offenders with no ties to the community; isolation; lack of work, education and treatment options; and an increase in the distance traveled by agents who supervise offenders. Again, no evidence points to any effect on offense rates of school proximity residential restrictions. Level Three Sex Offenders Residential Placement Issues, 2003 Report to the Legislature, Minnesota Department of Corrections
  • Since blanket proximity restrictions on residential locations of level three offenders do not enhance community safety, the current offender-by-offender restrictions should be retained. Proximity restrictions, based on circumstances on an individual offender, serve as a valuable supervision tool…Most of these supervision proximity restrictions address the issue of the offender associating or interacting with children or minors, rather than where the offender resides. Level Three Sex Offenders Residential Placement Issues, 2003 Report to the Legislature, Minnesota Department of Corrections
  • A significant number of offenders have married or have been reunited with their victims; and, in those cases, the residency restriction is imposed on the victims as well as the offenders. Iowa County Attorneys Association…
  • A tight web of supervision, treatment and surveillance may be more important in maintaining community safety than where a sex offender resides. Report on Safety Issues Raised by Living Arrangements for and Location of Sex Offenders in the Community; Colorado Department of Public Safety, Division of Criminal justice, Sex Offender Management Board.
    • ]]>     No publisher cherylca 2013-06-21T14:50:00Z Page     Sex Offender Supervision Handbook https://www.doc.ks.gov/publications/CFS/sex-offender-supervision-handbook This handbook is to be considered a resource book for individualized supervision of sex offenders. No publisher cherylca 2013-06-21T14:45:00Z File KDOC Community & Field Services Publications https://www.doc.ks.gov/publications/CFS/kdoc-community-field-services-publications The Community and Field Services Division includes parole services, community corrections and Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision.  


    General Publications: KDOC Community & Field Services


    Offender Supervision Handbook

    Manual de Supervision de Criminales

    Sex Offender Supervision Handbook

    Sex Offender Housing Restrictions
    Community Corrections Publications

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    ]]>     No publisher cherylca 2013-06-21T14:35:00Z Page     FY 2012 KDOC Annual Report https://www.doc.ks.gov/publications/Reports/Archived/kdoc-annual-report An overview of the Department’s activities throughout the Fiscal Year 2012. No publisher cherylca 2013-06-21T14:20:00Z File 2012 Risk Reduction Iniative Report - SB14 https://www.doc.ks.gov/publications/CFS/community-corrections-publications/risk-reduction-initiative-report-sb14-archived/2012-risk-reduction-iniative-report-sb14 Annual report published by the Community Corrections Division No publisher elisabethc 2013-06-06T18:55:00Z File Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision (ICAOS) https://www.doc.ks.gov/cfs/icaos/interstate  

     

    Interstate Compact

    Fareeda Washington, Deputy Compact Administrator
    E-mail
    (785) 746-7637
    714 SW Jackson Suite 300
    Topeka, KS 66603

    The Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision, required by state and federal laws, is responsible for tracking all supervised offenders coming into and leaving Kansas, parole National Crime Information Center warrant entries and the tracking and extradition of absconders arrested out of state. The number of courtesy supervision cases is virtually an even exchange with other states.  

    The Interstate Commission oversees the day-to-day oversight of the compact between the states. The Commission promulgates rules to achieve the goals of the compact and ensures an opportunity for input and timely notice to victims and to jurisdictions where defined offenders are authorized to travel or to relocate across state lines.

    The Commission also monitors compliance with the rules governing interstate movement of offenders and initiate interventions to address and correct noncompliance and coordinates training and education regarding regulations of interstate movement of offenders for officials involved in such activity.
     

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    Kansas Department of Corrections
    Adult Community-Based Services
    714 S.W. Jackson St., Suite 300
    Topeka, KS 66603 

    Megan Milner, Deputy Secretary of Juvenile and Adult Community-Based Services
    E-mail
    Phone: (785) 746-7456

    Cris McKown, Parole Operations Manager
    E-mail
    Phone: (785) 746-7602

    Jeff Butrick, Director of Community Based Services
    E-mail
    (785) 230-5259

    Marie McNeal, Director of Grant and Quality Assurance
    E-mail
    (785) 230-6932

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    Southern Parole Region

     Parole Services 

    Victoria Bargdill, Southern Parole Region Director

    E-mail
    (316) 613-7204
    212 S. Market
    Wichita, KS 67202

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    Northern Parole Region

     Parole Services

    Andrea Allen, Northern Parole Region Director
    E-mail
    Phone: (785) 746-7412
    2029 SW Western Ave.
    Topeka, KS 66604-3054

    Andrea Allen Biography | NPR Locations & Contact Information
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    ]]>     No publisher Nancy Burghart 2013-06-06T16:35:00Z Page     Parole Services https://www.doc.ks.gov/cfs/parole-services/parole-services For the the KDOC's Parole Services Automated Reporting System, call toll free: (866) 570-7225.  

     

    Parole Services  

    This division supervises offenders released from Kansas correctional facilities on parole, post-release supervision or conditional release. This division also manages offenders released from other states and who are on probation or parole and for whom Kansas has accepted for Interstate Compact supervision.

    In FY 2012, 5,848 offenders were under supervision in Kansas including 4,140 Kansas cases and 1,708 out-of-state compact cases. To assist these offenders with returning to their communities as law-abiding citizens, parole services employs a community-based, case management model.

    Kansas is divided into two regions, northern and southern, with parole offices operating in 20 communities. A parole director, who reports to the Deputy Secretary of Community and Field Services, oversees each region.

    An offender's level of supervision and case management are determined through the use of classification tools such as the Level of Services Inventory - Revised (LSIR). Classification assessments also assist in determining an offender's programming needs and resource referrals.

    During supervision, offenders may encounter reintegration difficulites or lifestyle issues which are addressed through post-release case managment. Common challenges are housing, transportation and substance abuse issues.

    When violations of supervision conditions occur, parole officers utilize interventions and make referrals to needed resources. Serious violations that represent public safety risks result in the offender being returned to a correctional facility.

    Offenders serving determinate sentences generally serve 90 to 180 days upon revocation, as determined by state statute.

    Offenders serving indeterminate sentences serve a period of time that is established by the Kansas Prisoner Review Board.

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    ]]>     No publisher Nancy Burghart 2013-06-06T16:35:00Z Page     Sally Frey https://www.doc.ks.gov/cfs/archived-items/images/sally-frey Southern Parole Region Director No publisher cherylca 2013-06-03T21:31:02Z Image Biography - Andrea Allen https://www.doc.ks.gov/cfs/parole-services/community-and-field-service-biographies/NPR_BIO Northern Parole Region Director  

    Andrea Allen was named director of the KDOC's Northern Parole Region in August 2016.

    Allen began her service with the State of Kansas in 1998 as a psychiatric security specialist for Kansas' Sexual Predator Treatment Program. Since that time, Allen has served at Topeka Correctional Facility as a corrections counselor, a reentry counselor, a mentoring coordinator, a contract substance abuse provider and most recently as a corrections manager II. In 2015, Allen completed the National Institute of Corrections Leadership Training Program. She also has served on several statewide committees including the Mental Health Task Force and the Corrections Care Coalition.

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