Prisons

Facilitated a discussion with the implementation team preparing for leadership presentations. Assisted the team present the RISE Program to all and IDOC wardens and executive leaders.

Led MSP Wellness Work Group through a wellness activity and reviewed importance of communications. CJI staff led the group through a communication discussion identifying important communication methods for different audiences, focused mainly on the upcoming wellness questionnaire.

Arranged for the chief over programming to provide updates on the purchase of a new program for the Step-down and plan for tablets. With the MSP team, drafted a structure for Classification Review Committee meetings, decided on a recommendation for a new restraint policy for the levels in Step-down, and continued designing the daily behavior log.

Created wellness activities and materials for the next wellness meeting and continued questionnaire revisions.

Assisted subgroup to discuss programming with MDOC's Programming Service Manager and documented MSP's general population incentive program because it is expected to contribute to the reduction of restrictive housing referrals.

Reviewed draft correspondence to staff and incarcerated individuals about the changes coming in the revised step-down referral criteria and process. Set a target date of April 1, 2025 for Step-down improvements, and continued designing Step-down changes.

Finalized the MSP vision and rationale for change statements. Continued efforts on the MSP wellness questionnaire, and created materials for MSP wellness work group meeting 4.

Assisted the implementation team to finalize and submit proposed changes to the restrictive housing criteria and process.

Collaborated with MSP compliance manager to pull a new dataset to resolve an issue with a missing field needed for defining restrictive housing populations.

Presented an overview of effective case planning and reviewed the use of tablets for the Step-down program and programming needs.