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Indian tribes, tribal communities, and native villages have been developing resources and strategies to detain offenders, as well as address the needs of detention staff and incarcerated offenders and those offenders who return to their communities. Alternative strategies focused on using "tribal life ways" to address reentry of native offenders to the community are encouraged. Equally valuable, tribal communities are continuing the discussion and developing resources on safety of victims and protection of the general community.
Native offenders also are detained in state and federal correctional facilities.
Federal and state systems continue to work creatively to address their respective issues. Through the U.S. Department of Justice, Indian tribes have received resources to develop culturally appropriate programming and aftercare programs for the offenders.
Resources available to Indian Country include:
The Indian Alcohol and Substance Abuse Program (IASAP)
IASAP provides resources to American Indian and Alaska Native communities to plan, develop, implement holistic tribal justice strategies to control and prevent alcohol and substance abuse related crime and violence. Created by the FY 2001 Consolidated Appropriations Act, BJA initiated the program in FY 2002 through a competitive application process in which federally recognized tribes could apply. Since then BJA has conducted annual competitions that have resulted in more than $27,000,000 being awarded to support grants to 65 tribes along with the provision of technical assistance and training services provided through a consortium of organizations led by the Criminal Justice Center for Innovation at Fox Valley Technical College (FVTC), Appleton, WI . Recent highlights include these organizations collectively providing services to 750 persons representing 64 American Indian and Alaska Native communities via workshops, regional round-table trainings, and advisory meetings where training topics covered but were not limited to: comprehensive strategy development, corrections, law enforcement (interdiction and prevention), alcohol and substance abuse (interdiction and prevention), delinquency prevention, and culturally appropriate treatment strategies. FVTC also helped conduct several regional Salish Gatherings in partnership with the Lummi Nation (WA); issued 132 scholarships; and helped plan and administer the National Training Conference for Criminal Justice and Community Leaders, which was attended by 400 tribal representatives.
Construction of Correctional Facilities on Tribal Lands Discretionary Grant Program
This program has provided support to 22 American Indian and Alaska Native communities to plan and construct correctional facilities on tribal lands for the incarceration of offenders subject to tribal jurisdiction; and it it is helping to renovate four existing detention structures that have fallen out of compliance with federal sight and sound requirements. Eligible tribes must be federally recognized and perform law enforcement functions as determined by the Secretary of the Interior. A ten percent match is required (cash or in-kind) under the program and the federal outlay may not exceed 90 percent of the total costs of the project. Justice Planners International is the program's primary technical assistance provider and ensures that BJA-funded tribal detention facilities are safe and secure; supportive of cultural and traditional values; appropriate for the intended population; constructed within budget; and in line with current standards regarding correctional operations, programs, and design.
Drug Court Discretionary Grant Program
The Drug Court Discretionary Grant Program provides financial and technical assistance to states, state courts, local courts, units of local government, and tribal governments to develop and implement treatment drug courts that effectively integrate substance abuse treatment, mandatory drug testing, sanctions and incentives, and transitional services in a judicially supervised court setting with jurisdiction over nonviolent, substance-abusing offenders. Projects funded under the program are required by law to target nonviolent offenders and must implement a drug court based on defined components. The program supports drug court implementation and enhancement, and technical assistance that is administered through the National Drug Court Training and Technical Assistance Program (NDCTTAP) which works to increase the knowledge and skills of drug court practitioners to plan, implement, and sustain effective drug court programs with emphasis on learning new roles, cross training, and developing both a team and a coordinated strategy across justice and treatment systems.
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