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An Audit Report on
Parole Division Operations at the Department of Criminal Justice
SAO Report No. 11-008
Summary of Management's Response
The Department agreed with the recommendations in this report.
Summary of Objectives, Scope, and Methodology
The objectives of the audit were to:
Determine whether the training that the Department provides to parole officers
is consistent with Department policies and procedures.
Determine whether the Department's management of parole officer caseloads
and offender contacts complies with Department policies and procedures and
state law.
Determine whether the Department has taken corrective actions to address
selected recommendations from An Audit Report on Selected Parole Functions at
the Department of Criminal Justice and the Board of Pardons and Paroles (State
Auditor's Office Report No. 08-036, June 2008).
The scope of the audit included reviewing and analyzing various Department
training data from July 2004 through February 2010 and parole supervision and
caseload data from September 2008 through February 2010. In addition, auditors
surveyed 1,234 parole officers and 243 unit supervisors and parole supervisors
(supervisors) and received survey responses from 537 parole officers (44 percent)
and 168 (69 percent) supervisors.
The audit methodology included collecting information and documentation,
performing selected tests and other procedures, analyzing and evaluating the
results of the tests, and conducting interviews with staff from selected parole
offices and the Department's Parole Division. Information technology work was
primarily limited to following up on the information technology recommendations
from the previous State Auditor's Office report (see Chapter 3).
Auditors also identified issues of a sensitive nature related to training and other
less significant issues that were communicated separately in writing to the
Department.iii
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