Program 1 Key Tasks
Return to Goals and ObjectivesDirector's Office:
1.1 Provide leadership to the department.
1.2 Provide management support to departmental facilities and divisions.
1.3 Maintain policy and procedure for emergency drills in all department facilities. (53-1-201; 53-1-203 & 7-33-2108 MCA)
1.4 Maintain a department wide emergency preparedness system. (53-1-201; 53-1-203, & 7-33-2108 MCA)
1.5 Improve the effectiveness of the Criminal Investigation Bureau. (53-1-201 & 53-1-203 MCA)
1.6 Identify and investigate criminal activity within the department and its facilities through urinalysis, inmate telephone monitoring and aggregating investigative intelligence including preparing reports for administrative and prosecutorial review. (53-1-201; 53-1-203 MCA)
1.7 Represent department and staff in state and federal courts and at administrative hearings, manage litigation including investigations, briefings, trials, hearings, arguments and appeals.
1.8 Provide general legal advice to the director, management team, appropriate facilities and division staff.
1.9 Lead the department’s effort to effectively communicate with other state and federal agencies, the public and victims and crime.
2.1 Provide strategic planning, systems mapping and gap analysis sessions for the facilities, programs and divisions. (53-1-201 & 53-1-203 MCA)
3.1 Ensure that applicable department training emphasizes victim sensitivity, victim’s issues and staff victimization. (53-1-201 & 53-1-203 MCA)
3.2 Provide appropriate training to all department employees on the Victim Notification System (VINE). (53-1-201; 53-1-203; 46-24-203; 46-24-207; 43-24-212 & 43-24-213 MCA)
4.1 Support reduction of risk by requiring all staff to influence sustainable offender change, and to focus on safety, security and personal accountability.
6.1 Develop standards-based compliance audit tools for each program within the department.
6.2 Conduct compliance assessments on all facilities and programs within the department.
6.3 Develop a method for identifying, measuring and implementing quality improvement initiatives.
6.4 Implement and enforce a department safety program with an emphasis on education and training, safety discussions at all department staff meetings and measured accountability for safety performance.
6.5 Continue to work with human resources to improve our early-return-to-work program.
