Idaho Admin. Code r. 06.02.02.013 - CORRECTIONAL CASE MANAGEMENT

01. General Procedures. Management staff in all correctional facilities and in each department district office will be responsible for ensuring correctional case managers, PPOs, and parole hearing officers collaborate and develop thorough discharge plans for offenders being released from correctional facilities back into their communities. (7-1-21)

02. Reentry Priority Designations. (7-1-21)

a. The Department will establish reentry priority designations based upon the offender's proximity to release. The reentry priority designations will be used to determine the intensity of reentry activities and case management tasks. (7-1-21)

b. The Department will establish correctional case manager duties and contact standards based on the offender's reentry priority designation. Correctional case manager contact shall increase as the offender's first eligible parole date approaches. Case manager contact will include reviewing, updating, and revising the reentry plan. (7-1-21)

03. Reentry Plan. The department will begin offender reentry processes while the offender is in the correctional facility's RDU. (7-1-21)

a. The department will develop a reentry plan to be used while an offender is in RDU and updated throughout the offender's incarceration. The reentry plan will be designed to have all discharge planning and reentry information in one (1) place. This will ensure the accurate sharing of information and continuity of care, and that an offender's identified needs are addressed prior to the offender's release from the correctional facility back into the community. (7-1-21)

b. Correctional case managers will address all assessed criminogenic and reentry areas with offenders early in their incarceration so that they can make modifications prior to their release. (7-1-21)

04. Mental Health and Healthcare Services Discharge Planning. Licensed professional staff will be responsible for identifying those offenders who have acute healthcare concerns so that discharge planning can begin. A minimum of one hundred eighty (180) days prior to release, the Department will identify offenders who have a mental health or healthcare concern that causes disability. (7-1-21)

05. Case Management Documentation. All case management activities, including correctional case manager contacts and reentry and discharge planning activities, will be documented in a manner and form established by the Department. (7-1-21)

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Idaho Admin. Code r. 06.02.02.013