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

Substance Abuse Clinical Trial

Official title:

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

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Active, not recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03812484
• Other study ID #: CC100
• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: February 1, 2019
• Est. completion date: March 31, 2021

Study information

• Verified date: January 2021
• Source: Botec Analysis, LLC
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

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).

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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Enrollment: 77
• Est. completion date: March 31, 2021
• Est. primary completion date: December 31, 2020
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

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:

-

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Criminal Behavior
• Substance Abuse
• Substance-Related Disorders

Intervention

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.
• Parole-as-Usual
Parolees are supervised under standard parole supervision practice in New Jersey

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	New Jersey Reentry Corporation	Toms River	New Jersey

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Botec Analysis, LLC

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Revocation Rate	Percentage of subjects in each condition who are revoked from parole and returned to prison	12 months
Secondary	Days Incarcerated	Total number of days incarcerated in jail or prison	12 months
Secondary	New Charges	Number of new charges	12 months
Secondary	Percent Positive Drug Tests	Percentage of random and scheduled drug tests that test positive for illicit drugs	12 months