APPENDIX L
Recidivism Monitoring
Recidivism Monitoring
At a minimum, facilities operated by selected contractors must maintain a baseline rate
of recidivism. Facilities reducing recidivism rates below the baseline recidivism range
will be eligible to receive a price increase during the subsequent one year period of the
contract. Facilities demonstrating recidivism rates above the baseline recidivism range
will receive a warning for the first period above the acceptable recidivism range. For a
second consecutive period above the acceptable recidivism range, the DOC may elect
to declare the contractor in default of the contract and terminate the contract for cause.
Baseline recidivism rates will be calculated using historical recidivism data from DOC’s
Community Corrections Centers (CCC) and Community Contract Facilities (CCF).
Recidivism will be defined as any type of re-arrest or return to custody for a parole
violation within the follow-up period after successful discharge from a center. Follow-up
periods are outlined in the table below. Different baseline recidivism rates will be
established for facilities with different criminal risk compositions of their population. One
baseline rate will be established for facilities with more than 50% of their population
assessed as “low risk”, a second baseline rate will be established for facilities with more
than 50% of their population assessed as “high risk”, and a third baseline rate will be
established for all other facilities. Risk will be defined by currently established score
cut-offs on the Level of Service Inventory-Revised (LSI-R) risk assessment tool, as
utilized by PBPP.
Low Risk = 0-17
Medium Risk = 18-26
High Risk = 27-54
The risk composition of each facility will be re-evaluated within each one (1) year period
of the contract. In addition to establishing three different baseline recidivism rates
based on risk composition of the facility, each baseline rate will contain an acceptable
range (or margin of error), as defined by one standard deviation above and below the
average baseline rate for that risk group.
Contractors reducing the facility recidivism rate below baseline during the first tracking
period, as outlined by the tables below, will receive a 0.5% price increase in their per
diem rate for the subsequent one year period of the contract. Contractors reducing the
facility recidivism rate below baseline during any follow-up period except for the first or
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last tracking period, as outlined by the tables below, will receive a 1.0% price increase
in their per diem rate for the subsequent one year period of the contract. No price
increase will be offered during the final tracking period of the contract, due to this being
the ending period of the contract.
For the initial three year term of the Contract:

Center Releases
Period

Recidivism Tracking
Period

Recidivism Rate
Calculation Date

Contract Period for
Percent Increase

Jul 2013 – Dec. 2013

Jan 2014 – Mar 2014

April 2014
(3 Months)

Jul 2014 – Jun 2015

Jan 2014 – Sep 2014

Oct 2014 – Mar 2015

April 2015
(6 Months)

Jul 2015 – Jun 2016

Oct 2014 – Sep 2015

Oct 2015 – Mar 2016

April 2016
(6 Months)

No per cent increase;
last reporting period

In the event the Commonwealth exercises its option to renew the contract:

Center Releases
Period

Recidivism Tracking
Period

Recidivism Rate
Calculation Date

Contract Period for
Percent Increase

Oct 2014 – Sep 2015

Oct 2015 – Mar 2016

April 2016
(6 Months)

Jul 2016 – Jun 2017

Oct 2015 – Sep 2016

Oct 2016 – Mar 2017

April 2017
(6 Months)

Jul 2017 – Jun 2018

Oct 2016 – Sep 2017

Oct 2017 – Mar 2018

April 2018
(6 Months)

No per cent increase;
last reporting period

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