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DOC custody for a parole violation, we would identlf) such activity through the DOC “MOVE”
system Examination of parole data, however, allowed us to detect cases where an inmate may or
my not have been found guilty of a parole violation, and may or may not have been recommitted
to DOC.
PBPP also agreed to provide access to several other measures (e.g., employment, risk
scores and level of supervision) that may help interpret findings regarding recidivism. Most
importantly, PBPP was able to provide us with drug testing data, giving us a critical measure of
drug relapse (number of tests, number of positives, type of drug).
We submitted to PBPP the same list of inmates released between January 1,2000 and
June 21,2001 .29 On October 19,2001, we received our first data run fiom PBPP: 11,247 drug
test records (an average of 14 drug tests per inmate over an 18-month time period). On December
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1,200 1, we received our second data run fiom PBPP: 947 parolee records that included level of
risk and supervision, employment status, and current parole status.
Inmate Releases From Prison
Only a portion of those inmates who completed their treatment programs (see Table 4)
had actually been released from prison at the time that the most recent recidivism and relapse data
were collected for this study (June through December of 2001).30 As of June 21,2001,1,084
inmates in our sample had been released fiom prison (see Table 15).
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29 Of 1,084 inmates released, 947 (87%) were under the jurisdiction of state probation or parole.
30 Although we attempted to chronologically synchronize the preparation of inmate lists and the
collection of outcome data fiom the three cooperating agencies (DOC, PCCD, and Parole) to
about the same time, processing times for each agency varied. DOC responded with
reincarceration data by the end of June 21,2000; PCCD responded with rearrest data by July 18;
Parole responded with two separate data sets: drug testing data was delivered on October 19,
2001, and employment and supervision data were delivered on December 1,2001.
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