New Jersey INTENSIVE SUPERVISION PROGRAM

New Jersey

INTENSIVE SUPERVISION PROGRAM

A WAY BEYOND THE WALL

Are you interested in changing your life?

Do you want to become a different person?

If so, then perhaps the Intensive Supervision Program (ISP) is for you. ISP is a carefully designed program to help you change “persons, places and things” that might have caused you problems in the past.

Your ISP officer will work with you so you can successfully complete the program. ISP has expectations and restrictions and you will have to learn to say “no”. But, if you really want to change, you will succeed on ISP.

If accepted into ISP, you can expect to be on the program for at least 16 months. If your original sentence was for more than five years, and/or if you violate any program expectation, you can expect to be under supervision longer.

Since 1983, more than 7,600 participants have successfully completed the program. You too can be an ISP graduate.

BASIC QUESTIONS

Am I eligible to apply for ISP?

Program guidelines permit all persons sentenced to state prison to be eligible for program consideration except those applicants convicted of a homicide, sex offense, crime of first degree, robbery, or organized crime. People who have failed Drug Court for violation of special probation and have been sentenced to state prison pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2C:35-14 are ineligible. Those convicted of Unlawful Possession of a Weapon (N.J.S.A. 2C:39-5(h)) are also ineligible. Also, if you are sentenced to a parole ineligibility (stip) you are eligible after that period has been satisfied. You must live in New Jersey, but if you don't have a New Jersey residence, you should still apply. ISP might be able to find you a place to live.

Who decides whether I get into ISP?

Your application will be reviewed by a screening board that might recommend your release to a three member panel of ISP judges. The judges make the final decision. If accepted by the judges, you will be immediately released from prison.

How do I apply?

You fill out an application, which is available at all county jails and state prisons, and send it to ISP. Be sure to answer all questions, including who will be your community sponsor. If you do not have answers to all the questions, send the application with as much information as you have.

How can I help get accepted?

If you are interviewed for ISP, you will be asked to write a plan explaining what you are going to do to help you avoid problems in the future. What you put in your plan is important. The people reviewing your application will closely review your plan. You should be able to do the things you say you can do.

What happens if I get accepted?

You will be released from prison under the conditions of ISP. You will have to live up to all the details in your plan. Whether you remain in the program depends on you. Your community sponsor and ISP officer will help you, but you must make sure you do what you agreed to do.

MAJOR EXPECTATIONS OF ISP

 Obtain a job within 30 days of your release from prison.

 Obey the 6 p.m. curfew until employed. The curfew can be changed to between 8 and 10 p.m. at the discretion of your ISP officer.

 Support your dependents and meet family responsibilities.

 Participate in treatment and counseling programs including AA, NA, and/or GA.

 Do not leave New Jersey without permission from your ISP officer.

 Do not carry any firearm or other weapons.

 Allow your ISP officer to visit your home and search you, or places or things under your control.

 Do not use illegal drugs or alcohol, and submit to drug and/or alcohol testing as requested by your ISP officer.

 Pay all financial obligations imposed by the ISP Resentencing Panel or by other courts.

 Inform your employer you are on ISP within 30 days of finding a job.

You should realize that if you fail to meet these expectations and others that will be set by the Resentencing Panel, you might immediately be returned to prison. If you break any rule, you might be placed under more restrictions rather than being returned to prison. If you successfully meet the expectations, certain privileges and extensions of your curfew will be permitted based on your performance.

For more information, contact:

ISP Administrative Office PO Box 974 Trenton, NJ 08625 609-984 0076

ISP Bay Region 236 Main St., 2nd Floor Toms River, NJ 08753 732-286-6440

ISP Crossroads Region 928 Livingston Ave. North Brunswick, NJ 08902 732-937-4547

ISP Mountain Region One Greenwood Ave., Ste. 200-A Montclair, NJ 07042 973-783-6311

ISP Northern Region One Greenwood Avenue, Ste. 200-B Montclair, NJ 07042 973-509-6552

ISP River Region 40 East Broad St., Ste. 200 Bridgeton, NJ 08302 856-453-3333

ISP Southern Region 101 Haddon Ave., Ste. 14 Camden, NJ 08103-1482 856-756-3440

Administrative Office of the Courts Probation Services Division

Stuart Rabner Chief Justice

Glenn A. Grant, J.A.D. Acting Administrative Director of the Courts

Kevin Brown Assistant Director, Probation Services

March 2011 CN: 10686-English