The session emphasizes why effective supervision must extend beyond rule enforcement to incorporate engagement, behavioral stabilization, and coordinated responses that promote accountability and public safety. Attendees will examine the critical role of collaboration between supervision agencies, treatment providers, and court stakeholders, as well as best practices for the structured and proportionate use of incentives and sanctions across a range of supervision settings. Session Objectives 1. Attendees will be able to identify common behavioral health conditions present in justice-involved populations and explain how these conditions affect supervision, compliance, and risk management. 2. Attendees will learn supervision strategies that move beyond enforcement-only responses by incorporating engagement, graduated accountability, and coordinated behavioral health interventions. 3. Attendees will be able to apply structured, proportionate incentives and responses to noncompliance in ways that promote behavioral change, protect public safety, and maintain system integrity.
JSI Associate Gina Wilkie will examine how supervising individuals with complex behavioral health needs differs from traditional compliance-focused supervision models. Participants will explore common behavioral health conditions frequently encountered in justice-involved populations, including substance use disorders, serious mental illness, co-occurring conditions, cognitive impairments, and trauma-related behaviors.
