Special Management Unit

Connecticut Parole and Community Services

Connecticut Parole and Community Services operates a Special Management Unit to supervise parolees requiring ongoing intensive supervision or specialized treatment.

Description

The Special Management Unit focuses primarily on supervision of paroled sex offenders but also works with parolees with severe mental illness. Special Management Unit parole officers receive training in supervision and in medical, and mental health issues and they each maintain a caseload of no more than 25 parolees The unit emphasizes interaction between treatment providers and parole officers; officers participate in both group and one-on-one counseling sessions with offenders.

Additionally, this unit includes a full-time victim advocate, who participates in announced field visits (with probation and treatment providers), group therapy sessions, weekly case reviews, and work with the offender’s family.