2024 Mission and Vision

“Our Mission is to enhance public safety across Arizona through modern, effective correctional practices and meaningful engagements.”

The Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation & Reentry has embarked on a vision of REIMAGINING CORRECTIONS through four overarching and mission-centered goals.

Goal 1

Build a Meaningful Organizational Culture and Promote the Development of Team

Goal 2

Create and Implement Optimal Population Management and Progression Strategies

Goal 3

Deploy Quality Delivery of Services and Continuity of Care in Complexes and Communities

Goal 4

Achieve Modernization and Sustainability of Practices and Resources

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Goal 1: Build a Meaningful Organizational Culture and Promote the Development of Team

Strategies and Initiatives

1.1 Promote and demonstrate cross-division communications, planning, and teamwork
1.2 Create and deploy Staff Training Academies and Agency Learning Cohorts to promote professional preparation and development
1.3 Deploy the Staff Wellness Committee to implement strategies promoting staff safety, health, and work satisfaction
1.4 Revamp the Correctional Officer Training Academy (COTA), ensuring new cadet training addresses the priorities and practices of ADCRR
1.5 Establish COTA as the hub for training and professional development opportunities, utilizing technology to expand accessibility for staff (on-site, virtual, and hybrid)
1.6 Deploy Trauma-Informed Care, Modern Security, Use of Force, and Communication trainings for all corrections staff
1.7 Enhance ADCRR's emphasis on PREA as practice and expectation
1.8 Pilot body-worn cameras in two ADCRR housing units and one field office to determine feasibility and impact

Goal 2: Create and Implement Optimal Population Management and Progression Strategies

Strategies and Initiatives

2.1 Create a statewide Restrictive Housing Placement Program that promotes safety, security, and addresses underlying behavioral issues
2.2 Solidify and strengthen Tribal Relations, at complexes and in communities
2.3 Implement the recommendations of the Classification Workgroup
2.4 Increase community volunteer partnerships and services
2.5 Develop and pilot art therapy studios inside two secure housing units
2.6 Modernize and re energize the purpose and practices of the K9 team
2.7 Develop and launch dog therapy and training programs in secure housing units
2.8 Expand Pell-funded correctional education programs for broader accessibility
2.9 Redeploy vocational training/career-technical education programs with partner schools and employers, using industry certification standards, to prepare for community reentry
2.10 Solidify the purpose and expectations of the Contraband Interdiction Task Force

Goal 3: Deploy Quality Delivery of Services and Continuity of Care in Complexes and Communities

Strategies and Initiatives

3.1 Implement a modern, validated, and efficient risk and needs assessment for meaningful programming placement, case management enhancement, and community reentry
3.2 Develop and implement a community reentry case management software system
3.3 Formalize and expand Veteran’s services and resource connections
3.4 Modernize the Transgender Review Committee and associated practices
3.5 Create opportunities for community peer mentors to reach in and impact high risk populations
3.6 Award and implement the Community Mother and Child Bonding program
3.7 Achieve substantial compliance towards Jensen v. Thornell and the US DOJ's Agreement for Low Vision and Blind Services
3.8 Deploy Women's Services plan, including gender-responsive trainings, to improve physical, emotional, health-related and behavioral outcomes
3.9 Assess and assign rehabilitative purpose to each ADCRR housing unit
3.10 Demonstrate a higher level of healthcare services through performance and outcomes
3.11 Conduct regular and meaningful statewide emergency response drills/exercises

Goal 4: Achieve Modernization and Sustainability of Practices and Resources

Strategies and Initiatives

4.1 Efficiently invest in ADCRR's aging infrastructure to preserve safety, security, and usefulness
4.2 Practice fiscal responsibility, ensuring resources are best used for intended outcomes
4.3 Pilot the use of tablets by correctional officers in two ADCRR housing units for logging activity, communications, and accountability
4.4 Conduct a Department-wide assessment of Complex security cameras and needs
4.5 Strengthen and solidify the security practices for all Complex and unit ingress points
4.6 Strengthen the security and monitoring practices for unit visitation activities
4.7 Modernize ADCRR's Extreme Heat Safety and Relief Strategy
4.8 Install and expand Internet capabilities and access within ADCRR complexes, to promote communication, documentation, and efficiency amongst staff
4.9 Evaluate the agency recruitment strategy and impact, and formally partner with Arizona-based 2 and 4 year universities
4.10 Implement RFID technology in remaining restrictive housing/sub-class areas
4.11 Update and humanize Complex dining areas and visitation rooms, statewide
4.12 Review and consider for implementation recommendations of the FY24 System Assessment