Achieving Compliance with Conditions Court Orders and/or Consent Decrees (From Proceedings of the One Hundred and Seventeenth Annual Congress of Correction of the American Correctional Association, P 45-49, 1988, Elizabeth Watts, ed. -- See NCJ 112487)

• NCJ Number: 112490
• Author(s): B W Jones
• Date Published: 1988
• Length: 5 pages
• Sale Source: American Correctional Association
• Publication Type: Conference Material
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

Many correctional institutions are operating under court order or consent decrees to remedy violations.

Abstract

To obtain compliance it is necessary that the correctional system administrator develop good relationships with all the parties involved in generating and issuing the court order. Additionally, the administrator must balance and prioritize issues and develop a blueprint and timetable for seeking a compliance order. The prison system must show it is cooperative in responding to the court order, and it must inform and educate the State legislative and executive branches so that they are aware of its efforts toward compliance. When a correctional system believes it has achieved compliance with a court order, it should seek a compliance order asking that the court no longer supervise its operations. When the court receives evidence that there is no reasonable expectation that constitutional violations will occur in the correctional system, it should no longer retain jurisdiction over the case. Accreditation by the American Correctional Association resolves most issues in condition orders and should be a part of the administrator's blueprint for compliance. 5 references.