An Evaluation of the NJSPB SCF Project for Opioid-Involved High-Risk Parolees

An Evaluation of the New Jersey State Parole Board Swift, Certain, and Fair Project for Opioid-Involved High-Risk Parolees

This study entails an evaluation of the New Jersey State Parole Board Swift, Certain, and Fair (SCF) Supervision Program. The purpose of the evaluation is to test whether subjects assigned to SCF Supervision perform better than those assigned to parole-as-usual (PAU).

Study Overview

• Status: Unknown
• Conditions: Substance Abuse; Criminal Behavior
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: SCF Supervision; Behavioral: Parole-as-Usual

Detailed Description

The Swift, Certain, and Fair (SCF) Supervision Program - Including Project HOPE Program provides funding to states, units of local government, territories, and federally recognized Indian tribes (as determined by the Secretary of the Interior) in an effort to enhance public safety, foster collaboration, and to improve the outcomes of individuals under the supervision of community corrections. The goals of this program are to develop and enhance SCF initiatives and implement the SCF model with fidelity, resulting in reduced recidivism and better outcomes for program participants. SCF approaches are intended to: (a) improve supervision strategies that reduce recidivism; (b) promote and increase collaboration among agencies and officials who work in community corrections and related fields to enhance swift and certain sanctions; (c) enhance the offenders' perception that the supervision decisions are fair, consistently applied, and consequences are transparent; and (d) improve the outcomes of individuals participating in these initiatives. The grantee will use awarded grant funds to support programming that provides services to up to 75 opioid involved parolees with services to divert them from a return to prison and manage underlying addictions with a combination of behavioral therapy and medication assisted treatments. The program combines sanctions with targeted reentry and treatment services.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 77
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • New Jersey
    • Toms River, New Jersey, United States, 08753
      • New Jersey Reentry Corporation

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Participants must be 18 years of age or older
• Participants must have a history of opioid use or addiction
• Participants have a history of parole violations or active parolees who are at risk for violation (this can include anyone who is reentering the active population from prison)
• Participants reside in or are moving to Ocean County; and
• Participants must have at least 6 months remaining on their Parole term

Exclusion Criteria:

-

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Prevention
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: SCF Parole; Parolee supervised under the SCF Supervision model	Behavioral: SCF Supervision; SCF Supervision entails a warning session (Orientation Hearing) where the rules of parole are laid out and parolees are told that any violation of stated parole conditions will be sanctioned with a brief jail term (typically a few days in jail). SCF Supervision includes regular random drug testing.
Active Comparator: Parole-As-Usual; Parolees are supervised under standard parole supervision practice in New Jersey.	Behavioral: Parole-as-Usual; Parolees are supervised under standard parole supervision practice in New Jersey; Other Names: PAU

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Revocation Rate	Percentage of subjects in each condition who are revoked from parole and returned to prison	12 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Days Incarcerated	Total number of days incarcerated in jail or prison	12 months
New Charges	Number of new charges	12 months
Percent Positive Drug Tests	Percentage of random and scheduled drug tests that test positive for illicit drugs	12 months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Botec Analysis, LLC
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Clarissa Manning, MPP, Botec Analysis, LLC

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): February 1, 2019
• Primary Completion (Actual): December 31, 2020
• Study Completion (Anticipated): March 31, 2021

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: January 17, 2019
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: January 18, 2019
• First Posted (Actual): January 23, 2019

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): February 2, 2021
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: January 29, 2021
• Last Verified: January 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Mental Disorders; Chemically-Induced Disorders; Substance-Related Disorders
• Other Study ID Numbers: CC100

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No