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Indeterminate Sentence Review Board
Improve .100/Cashaw Hearing Process
It is the Indeterminate Sentence Review Board’s responsibility to make decisions
to parole or to further incarcerate offenders under their jurisdiction and to balance
the public safety and rehabilitation of the offender when making these decisions.
In order to accomplish this mission, the entire Parolability and Cashaw Hearing
Process was reviewed. The goal was to streamline the process, provide the
Hearing Officers with the information needed to complete the hearing work-up
and make recommendations to the Board, and to ensure the Board Members
have everything they need to make an informed decision on each offender.
Results
★ The hearing process has been streamlined and made uniform. Everyone in
the agency is on the same page.
★ Unnecessary steps in the process were eliminated, which saves time for the
Correctional Records Specialists who prepare each file for a hearing.
★ The Hearing Officer work-up form was reviewed and found to be outdated. A
new form was created to provide the information needed by the Hearing
Officers to prepare their file work-ups.
★ The Board Members have the information they need to make an informed
decision, which in turn benefits each offender under review.
★ The review process resulted in better communication throughout the agency.
Team Name: QI Group II
Team Members: Robin Riley, Irene Seifert, Russell Snelson, Frances
Spreier, Jody Swails
CONTACT: Robin Riley, (360) 493-9266
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