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| Waste? 14.6 Million Dollars On Computer Software For Prisons |
| By fox40.com - Ben Deci |
| Published: 09/13/2011 |
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FOLSOM—CA They are 101 questions, and over the past two years the State of California has paid 14.6 million dollars for them. The system is called COMPAS; it's a computerized survey designed to help our prisons understand our prisoners. Here's an example: "A hungry person has a right to steal. Yes or no." "What we're interested in here, when we do their annual review, is substance abuse, educational problems, employment problems," said Jeannine Nevis, a counselor at Folsom Prison. In 2006, state lawmakers mandated that the prison administrators find some way to rehabilitate inmates. COMPAS was their answer. It connects inmates with programs that help keep them from re-offending when they get out. The problem is, Jeannine Nevis at Folsom Prison may be only one of a too-small percentage using COMPAS to do that job. In a recent report blasting how the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) has deployed the system, the State Auditor found that, in 8 of 12 reception centers statewide, COMPAS doesn't play a significant role in decisions. $14.6 million for a system we aren’t even using? Read More. |
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Compas is a load of crap. It assumes that a computer can determine an inmate's needs more than staff that know the inmate.