Levels of confinement, control and supervision must be risk based and determined by considering the law, the crime, the offender, the victim, the community, data, evidence based assessments and available resources.The Department of Corrections is committed to managing offenders in a manner consistent with public safety. These principles form the foundation for policy, allocation of resources, establishment of priorities, case management decisions, organizational structure, and future development. Efforts to rehabilitate and reintegrate criminal offenders as law-abiding and productive members of society are essential to the reduction of crime.
We shall provide staff with opportunities for personal and professional growth through staff development, recognition of staff achievements, and encouragement. We actively strive to maintain a diverse and culturally aware workforce. We seek to foster a spirit of teamwork, unity, and dedication.Public safety is enhanced through and shall be maintained by cooperation, open communication and partnerships with law enforcement, governmental entities, human services agencies, community leaders and members and faith-based organizations. We are accountable to the public for our operations.We shall demonstrate the highest ethical and professional standards in all our operations.We shall strive to provide community-based management, supervision, and intervention services for criminal offenders on probation, parole or home confinement.We shall maintain safe, secure, orderly, constitutional, and humane correctional environments.
The mission of the Rhode Island Department of Corrections (RIDOC) is to contribute to public safety by maintaining a balanced correctional system of institutional and community programs that provide a range of custodial options, supervision and rehabilitative services in order to facilitate successful offender reentry into the community upon release.
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