July 9, 2014

Hot Report: Department of Correction and Judicial Branch Residential Housing Facilities

OLR Report 2014-R-0197 answers the questions: How many residential programs are operated by or under contract with the Department of Correction (DOC) and Judicial Branch?  Where are they located?  How many beds are available?

Other OLR Reports list residential housing programs operated by or under contract with other state agencies: 
  • 2014-R-0078 (departments of Developmental Services, Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS), and Children and Families operated or funded group homes)
  • 2014-R-0194 (emergency, supportive, and affordable housing receiving Department of Housing funds)
  • 2014-R-0195 (nursing homes receiving funds from the Department of Social Services)
As of July 2013, DOC contracted with 25 nonprofit community agencies for 47 residential programs with 1,167 residential beds located in 19 different towns (DOC, Directory of Contracted Community Programs, July 2013).  While most of these programs have a specific address, 14 offer scattered site supportive housing beds and we do not have the addresses for these locations.
 
According to the Judicial Branch, as of May 2014, the branch operated two juvenile detention centers, contracted for 14 residential programs, and purchased beds from an additional 21 programs operated under DMHAS or DOC contracts.  These programs offered a total of 726 beds in FY 14.  They operate in 14 different towns and one offers scattered site apartments for which we do not have an address.
For more information, read the full report.