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United States, Wisconsin

Wisconsin Department of Corrections

COMPAS risk and needs assessment

OperationalOfficial publicationPAI-EE9857B1

Body
Wisconsin Department of Corrections
Country
United States
Area
Wisconsin
Technology
COMPAS risk and needs assessment
Supplier
Not stated in the source
Status
Operational
In routine use by the named body, on the evidence of a public source.
Stage
In use now
Since
Not known
Legal basis
Not stated in the source
Oversight
Not stated in the source
Evidence
Official publication
Police force, government department or public body publication
Source
Wisconsin Department of Corrections, COMPAS page (undated)
Last checked
Record code
PAI-EE9857B1

Notes

The Wisconsin Department of Corrections' own web page describes COMPAS as an "actuarial risk assessment system" that the department uses for "criminogenic risk and needs assessments and unified case planning". The page says results inform case plans from arrest through discharge and ties the tool to evidence-based supervision, directing services at moderate- and higher-risk people. The page does not state when the department began using COMPAS, any oversight arrangement or a legal basis, and the vendor is not named on it, so those fields are left empty. Court use of COMPAS in Wisconsin sentencing is a separate matter (State v Loomis) and is not covered by this record.

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