The DOC has reshaped its community supervision structure to be based on individual case management rather than a one-size-fits-all philosophy. To accomplish this, the department: 

• Assesses individuals based on their level of risk to re-offend and focuses supervision on the highest-risk offenders.  
• Emphasizes the offenders’ needs for programming as they relate to stressors that cause criminal behavior such as criminal history, antisocial attitudes, values and beliefs, substance use, etc.  
• Evaluates offenders’ responsivity to deliver programming based on their learning style, motivation and more. 

Providing offenders with clear goals and consequences is as important when they are supervised in Montana communities as when they are incarcerated. By employing the use of the Montana Incentives and Interventions Grid (MIIG), officers in the DOC’s Probation and Parole Division approach supervision of offenders in a consistent manner that encourages accountability and long-term behavioral change.