NCJ Number
106970
Date Published
1987
Length
17 pages
Annotation
The report prepared by the Iowa Citizens' Aide/Ombudsman Office regarding the intensive supervision program of Patrick Bert Riley criticizes one parole officer, the Fifth Judicial District Department of Correctional Services and the Department of Corrections without regard for the risk assessment of the inmate.
Abstract
The report suggests that the parole officer is responsible for the parolee's death and the death of his hostage because he did not meet supervision standards. The report fails to recognize that Riley's poor safety and violence risk assessment may also have significantly contributed to the tragic events of May 20, 1987. The report also fails to show that the parolee himself made conscious choices that led to the events of that day. Issues raised in the report that will receive serious attention by the Department of Corrections are the appropriateness of the existing 25-offender caseload for high-risk offenders, the role of urine specimen surveillance and analysis in intensive supervision, and the need for job resources and psychological services for offenders. Other issues that will be addressed are the efficiency and accuracy of evaluation monitoring reports and the dual goals of risk control and treatment intervention. Appended relevant letters and Riley's case file parole activities summary. See NCJ 106969 and 106974 for related documents.