About Redeploy Illinois
Adult Redeploy Illinois was established by the Crime Reduction Act (Public Act 96-0761) to provide financial incentives to local jurisdictions for programs that allow diversion of non-violent offenders from state prisons by providing community-based services. Grants are provided to counties, groups of counties, and judicial circuits to increase programming in their areas, in exchange for reducing the number of people they send to the Illinois Department of Corrections.

The Crime Reduction Act is based on the premise that crime can be reduced and the costs of the criminal justice system can be controlled by understanding and addressing the reasons why people commit crimes. It is also based on the premise that local jurisdictions (judicial circuits or counties) know best what resources are necessary to reduce crime. Rigorous evaluation processes with standardized performance measurements are required to confirm the effectiveness of services in reducing crime.

The Adult Redeploy Illinois program is an example of a national best practice called "performance incentive funding," which other states are adopting in different ways. Adult Redeploy Illinois is based on the successful juvenile model which has been operating since 2004 with positive results. In the first three years of the juvenile Redeploy Illinois program, four pilot sites reduced the number of youth sent to the Department of Juvenile Justice by 51 percent (well above the 25 percent goal), which represents potential youth incarceration cost avoidance to the state of nearly $19 million.

Results expected with Adult Redeploy Illinois include reduced prison overcrowding (based on other states' experiences, with no increase in crime); lowered cost to taxpayers ($24,899 a year for prison vs. less than $200 total for drug school for first offenders or $3,500 on average for drug treatment); an end to the expensive vicious cycle of crime and incarceration.

 
 
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2010 County-Level Data Now Available on Web site
April 2012

The county-level data section under the Applicant Tools tab has been updated with 2010 data. Information includes county demographics, criminal justice system indicators, and a detailed breakdown of Illinois Department of Corrections admissions information for suggested "program eligible" individuals, as interpreted by the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority. This information is particularly important for local jurisdictions interested in applying for ARI funding to enhance alternatives to incarceration for non-violent offenders.

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Adult Redeploy Illinois Hosts Annual All-Sites Meeting
April 2012

On March 26, 2012, Adult Redeploy Illinois (ARI) hosted an All-Sites Meeting in Bloomington, Illinois for the ten pilot sites in the program. In total, 48 participants from across the state attended the day-long meeting focused on technical assistance, information sharing and networking. A prime focus of the meeting was how to most effectively implement evidence-based practices in local ARI programs.

Adult Redeploy Illinois Has 10 Pilot Sites across the State
February 2012

Adult Redeploy Illinois has ten pilot sites across the state, each with a unique design tailored to the needs of the local community.

View a description about all ten local pilot sites >>>

Adult Redeploy Illinois 2011 Annual Report
February 2012

The Adult Redeploy Illinois 2011 Annual Report to the Governor and the General Assembly on the implementation and projected impact of the program.

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This project was supported by Grant # 2009-SU-B9-0055, awarded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice, through the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority. Points of view or opinions contained within this document are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice, or the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority.