Interstate Compact Success for You and Your State

SESSION INFO

Monday, August 23, 2021
3:00PM - 4:30PM
Session Type: Workshop

The Interstate Compact, enacted by all 50 states and 3 U.S. territories, controls and regulates the movement of offenders on supervision who move across state lines. It is a mechanism for transferring supervision responsibilities to a state other than the one where an offender is convicted and/or served his or her prison sentence. This workshop highlights how to successfully apply the compact rules and tools to address varying current issues and trends. Participants will interact with the hosts (presenters) through scenario based learning and skill building. These exercises will illustrate the importance of stakeholder involvement as well as tools available to improve operations and compliance with compact and instate processes. As application of the Compact Rules’ should align with states’ varying and evolving correctional practices, the exercises will illustrate how the rules apply in decisions or actions of varying stakeholders (including but not limited to courts, line officer staff, jail administrators and law enforcement). Scenarios discussed include effects and relationship of Compact Rules to decriminalization of states’ varying drug laws, methods for creating easy training tools, enforcement tools utilizing state council members to improve compliance and how reports available for compact staff can be used to identify problems and solutions. This workshop is intended for Community Supervision and Judicial professionals.

SESSION PRESENTERS

Tracy Hudrlik
Interstate Director, MN Department of Corrections


Tracy Hudrlik is currently the Deputy Compact Administrator for the Minnesota Department of Corrections. In this role, she is responsible to provide statewide direction, planning and coordination of all activities related to the Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision and Interstate Compact on Juveniles. She is the primary liaison between the Dept. of Corrections and the courts, corrections agencies, attorneys, law enforcement, compact staff across the country and other agencies with regard to the Interstate Compact process. Tracy is a former Chair for the national DCA liaison committee and an ex-officio member of the national Rules Committee. Tracy has worked in the field of Corrections for over 25 years, holding positions in both Minnesota and Wisconsin ranging from Probation and Parole Agent to Interstate Compact Commissioner.


Joselyn Lopez
IC Compact Administrator, WI Department of Corrections


Joselyn López was appointed as Interstate Compact Administrator for the State of Wisconsin in June 2017. She has been a member of the ICAOS Information Technology Committee, Rules Committee and chair’s the Training Committee. In her current position as Corrections Services Supervisor in Wisconsin, Ms. López continues to provide a positive impact on others by providing statewide oversight of offender programming, staff education, employment programming, and reentry initiatives. She is a trainer for Trauma Informed Care in the Criminal Justice System and Risk Reduction Strategies in community supervision. She also serves as the Chair for the Evidence Based Decision Makers Committee.


Mindy Spring
Training Coordinator, Interstate Commission for Adult Offender Supervision


Mindy Spring is the Training & Audit Coordinator for the Interstate Commission for Adult Offender Supervision. Mindy began her career with the Interstate Commission for Adult Offender Supervision’s National Office in 2004. Mindy conducts all of the Commission’s annual compliance audits, administrates online trainings, updates publications and training materials, and provides support for the Commission’s Technical and Training Assistance program. Mindy also serves as a project team member in the development and management of the Interstate Compact Offender Tracking System (ICOTS). Mindy is a graduate of the University of Tennessee with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration.